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Djokovic recalls air balloon proposal near fail

Published Jun 21, 2020

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Novak Djokovic is in Croatia this week competing in second leg of his Adria Tour. The world No. 1 is undefeated so far, and will play in Sunday night's final. Supporting him, as always, is his wife Jelena Djokovic.

Novak and Jelena Djokovic have been a longtime power couple on tour. The Serbians began dating back in 2005 as teens and got married in 2014. They welcomed a son named Stefan soon after followed by a daughter named Tara in 2017.

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It hasn't always been so smooth for the duo. Djokovic's proposal to Jelena was meant to be a grand gesture but it nearly ended in disaster.

On "In Depth with Graham Besinger", Djokovic shared how he planned to pop the question in a hot air ballon with another ballon dropping a big banner that read: "Will you marry me?"

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"When he finally manages to unwrap it, he burns the balloon,"  Jelena Djokovic said. "And then the thing falls down, and I'm reading it slowly, but I'm like, 'It’s a commercial. Is he crazy? It’s 7 a.m.'"

Despite the chaos, Novak Djokovic managed to get down on one knee and achieve his goal.

"She keeps on telling me she knows me so well that I can’t surprise her," he said "But I'm really really glad  that I managed to surprise her that time when I needed to."