Why Novak Djokovic celebrated his Wimbledon win by eating a few blades of grass?

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After an arduous Wimbledon final, Novak Djokovic relished his win over Roger Federer with a victory snack: some grass from the court.

According to his unusual tradition, the Serbian player dowed down pulled out a handful of grass from Centre Court and advanced to eat

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He was perhaps hungry after the protracted match, which was 4 hours and 57minutes long and just 3 minutes short of 5 hours.

Novak Djokovic's unorthodox celebratory snack come from all the way back to when he clinched to lift his maiden Wimbledon title in 2011.

The world No. 1 ranked tennis player said he always had a goal of winning Wimbledon. When he finally adept that dream, he wanted to celebrate it by doing something a little out there.

In 2018 he told BBC "It's certainly a little tradition. As a kid I was having a goal of winning Wimbledon, so, like every child, you have a dream of doing something crazy when you actually accomplish it and that was one of the things," 

When Breakfast at Wimbledon turns into Dinner at Wimbledon 😋

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Novak Djokovic's victory over Federer proved remarkable this year as it was the first Wimbledon final to feature a tiebreaker in the decisive set after the players were tied at 12-12. The complete score was 7-6, 1-6, 7-6, 4-6 and 13-12.

It was fifth Wimbledon title for Novak Djokovic and 16th Grand Slam win -- only four behind Federer, who has won 20 Slams.