"Good on ya, fair dinkum, knackers!" Novak Djokovic exclaims to the camera in behind-the-scenes of his "Made By"–themed footage for Jacob's Creek, Australia's largest wine brand. (Translation: "That's legitimate, my friend!") His alignment with the brand, unveiled in full by way of a short film shown at a Tuesday-night premiere, is meant to inspire young people to overcome struggles and setbacks—such as those depicted by Djokovic, who grew up in war-torn Serbia—and achieve life goals and long-range dreams. Here's that candid-yet-calculated clip, in which Djokovic says, near the start, "We're gonna have a lot of bloopers":

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If you haven't warmed to the ATP World Tour's No. 1 star yet, watching him interact and nuzzle up with a cute pup at the 0:45 mark above should do the trick. Says Djokovic, "It was a two-day shoot with a lot of interesting scenes, with a lot of great elements that are going to make this documentary, this film, very special."

Here's the complete film, which describes Djokovic as "birthed from Serbia, shaped by Jelena, inspired by dreams, made by determination":

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The Serb speaks to his childhood coach, Jelena Gencic, who he met at his age 5, and who told his parents not too far into her tutelage of the young Djoker that she had a "golden child with me that possesses the talent I have seen once before in my life, with Monica Seles, and I'm quite sure he's going to be a tennis champion." When he claimed his first Grand Slam championship, the 2008 Australian Open men's singles title, he dedicated the victory as not culminating in his own trophy but "our trophy." And somewhere Jelena Gencic smiles.

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