{"id":34468,"date":"2025-03-20T02:44:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T02:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=34468"},"modified":"2025-03-20T02:44:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T02:44:16","slug":"novak-djokovic-and-aryna-sabalenka-lead-tennis-players-at-star-studded-dinner-in-miami-ahead-of-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=34468","title":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka lead tennis players at star-studded dinner in Miami ahead of tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Novak Djokovic<\/span>,\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Aryna Sabalenka<\/span>, and other tennis stars stunned at a star-studded dinner in Miami on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">As the stars descended on Vice City for the Miami Open this week, Djokovic, Sabalenka,\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/span>, and Grigor Dimitrov came picture-ready to an exclusive gathering at Gekko in Miami\u2019s thriving Brickell neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The event was hosted by Groot Hospitality\u2019s David Grutman and DraftKings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The dinner welcomed the stars to Miami ahead of the tournament. Djokovic arrived directly from his Lacoste event wearing a black La Chemise suit from Lacoste alongside Dimitrov who was spotted in a white Lacoste suit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Alcaraz arrived in a more casual look, wearing a simple gray Louis Vuitton hoodie and black jeans. Sabalenka joined her boyfriend Georgios Frangulis and friend David Grutman on the red carpet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Djokovic enters the tournament after a second-round loss to Botic Van De Zandschulp in the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells earlier this month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-da1648a83faeaa11\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/03\/19\/19\/96366621-14516491-image-a-289_1742412183184.jpg\" alt=\"Novak Djokovic posses on the red carpet at the 'Welcome to Miami' dinner on Monday night\" width=\"634\" height=\"951\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>3<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Novak Djokovic posses on the red carpet at the &#8216;Welcome to Miami&#8217; dinner on Monday night<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-4ccd39a917b29d64\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/03\/19\/19\/96366627-14516491-image-a-290_1742412193416.jpg\" alt=\"World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka also attended the star-studded event along with other tennis stars\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>3<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka also attended the star-studded event along with other tennis stars<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-d67bee7263a45cd3\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/03\/19\/19\/96366629-14516491-image-a-291_1742412198551.jpg\" alt=\"Some of the biggest names in tennis gathered at\u00a0Gekko with DraftKings before the Miami Open\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>3<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Some of the biggest names in tennis gathered at\u00a0Gekko with DraftKings before the Miami Open<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"floatRHS\">\n<div data-mol-fe-xpmodule-related-story-factbox=\"true\" data-xp-platform=\"mol.web.desktop\" data-xp-channel-color=\"home\" data-track-module=\"related-story-factbox^related-story-factbox-novak-djokovic-backed-player-union-launc\" data-reactroot=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">So far this year, he fell in the quarterfinals of the Brisbane International, the semifinals of the Australian Open, and the first round of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 37-year-old Serbian walks into the Miami Open as the 5th rank male player in the ATP.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sabalenka has had an identical start to the year. The world No 1 fell in the finals at Indian Wells and Melbourne. Sabalenka got knocked out of the first round in Qatar and the third at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship between the aforementioned losses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Belarusian will open her Miami Open campaign against Viktoriya Tomova on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Last year, Sabalenka lost to Emma Navarro, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, in the 4th round.<\/p>\n<div class=\"connatix-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-mol-fe-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Djokovic has won the competition six times and will open his first Miami Open appearance since 2019 as a fourth seed against Rinky Hijikata on the 21st.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mol-fe-zephr-outcome-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novak Djokovic,\u00a0Aryna Sabalenka, and other tennis stars stunned at a star-studded dinner in Miami on Tuesday night. 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