Djokovic celebrates his Wimbledon title by eating grass... again

Novak Djokovic celebrated his Wimbledon title by eating grass ... again

Courtney Nguyen | Jul 6, 2014

Djokovic celebrates his Wimbledon title by eating grass... again /

LONDON -- Novak Djokovic celebrated winning his second Wimbledon title and recapturing the No. 1 ranking by taking in the grass on Centre Court -- which is to say, he actually ate it.

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After defeating Roger Federer 6-7 (7), 6-4, 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-4 to win his seventh Grand Slam, Djokovic knelt down on Centre Court, plucked out some blades of grass and ate them. The Serb did the same thing after he won his first Wimbledon title in 2011. So how did the post-match meal compare?

"[The flavor] didn't change much," Djokovic said. "Actually I didn't taste anything, to be honest. So I had a nice bite. I thought that there was less grass today than it was few years ago, so I had a little bit of a soil, as well. But nevertheless, it tastes like the best meal that I ever had in my life probably."

It was a nice reward for Djokovic, especially considering he had been eating it -- figuratively -- all week:

Published Jul 6, 2014

COURTNEY NGUYEN

Contributor, SI.com Nguyen is a freelance writer for SI.com, providing full coverage of professional tennis both on and off the court. Her content has become a must-read for fans and insiders to stay up-to-date with a sport that rarely rests. She has appeared on radio and TV talk shows all over the world and is one of the co-hosts of No Challenges Remaining, a weekly podcast available on iTunes. Nguyen graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 1999 and received a law degree from the University of California, Davis in 2002. She lives in the Bay Area.