The “bromance” continues as Djokovic tells Kyrgios: “Dinner is on me in NYC”

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Over the space of two weeks at Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios turned their relationship around completely—from years of animosity to a downright “bromance”.

The two Wimbledon finalists set their grudges aside during one of the strangest Grand Slams to date, with Kyrgios telling press, “We actually message each other on DMs in Instagram now and stuff. It's real weird!”

After the final—which Djokovic won 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(3) to claim his 21st major title—he finally dubbed them a “bromance”: "I never thought I was going to say so many nice things about you, considering the relationship,” Djokovic joked during the on-court interview.

”OK, it's officially a bromance!"

Part of the deal was that the winner buys the other player dinner. Actually, Kyrgios asked to “go to a nightclub and go nuts” but Djokovic, who won the tournament on his wedding anniversary, agreed to scale things back a notch.

Either way, while stuck in a Toronto airport on Wednesday dealing with delayed flights and lost luggage, Kyrgios made sure Djokovic didn’t forget his end of the bargain:

“Where’s my dinner!!!!!!” Kyrgios asked, commenting under one of Djokovic’s posts on Instagram. Djokovic’s response turned heads, and not for the choice of restaurant. The unvaccinated former world No. 1 wrote back, “Sorry mate. I called all the restaurants in London on Sunday night and there was no tables available…

“Dinner is on me in NYC,” he added, with a telling string of emojis: a shocked face, a grimacing smiley, along with “praying hands” and “fingers crossed”.

That’s probably because the Serbian player is technically still not allowed to enter the United States, on account of the country’s COVID-19-related entry requirements. While he’s still unjabbed, Djokovic’s participation in the US Open remains up in the air, along with the rest of his North American hard-court schedule.

But Djokovic is nothing if not persistent—and patient. The 21-time major champ was facing a similar conundrum ahead of the French Open, until France relaxed its entry requirements and cleared the way for his participation.

Djokovic and his fans will probably be sending up some “prayer hands” and “fingers crossed” of their own that the United States will follow suit in time for the last Grand Slam of the year.

But in the meantime, the bigger question still remains: will Kyrgios ever get that dinner?