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Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray entertain New York crowd in exhibition

Andy Murray (left) and Novak Djokovic kept it light on Monday night. (Elsa/Getty Images) Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray took center stage at Madison Square

Courtney Nguyen

Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray entertain New York crowd in exhibition
Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray entertain New York crowd in exhibition /

Andy Murray (left) and Novak Djokovic kept it light on Monday night. (Elsa/Getty Images)

Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray took center stage at Madison Square Garden on Monday night for the BNP Paribas Showdown, one of several exhibitions on World Tennis Day.

The two Grand Slam champions obviously weren't going at anything near 100 percent, nor should they have been given that they're set to play two big hard-court tournaments, the BNP Paribas Open and Sony Open, in succession. But they kept the crowd oohing and ahhing with some fun, lighthearted rallies during Djokovic's 6-3, 7-6 (2) victory.

The Djokovic-Murray match -- which included a cameo from Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli -- followed an exhibition between Bob and Mike Bryan and John and Patrick McEnroe. The Bryans won 8-3.

Watch highlights from Djokovic-Murray here:

(via ATP TennisHD)

More photos below:

How did those selfies turn out? Let's just say their selfie game needs some tutoring from Bradley Cooper:

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Courtney Nguyen
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.

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