Stefanos Tsitsipas has long had some competition on the player vlog game, but he's now joined by world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, who's released the first episode of Novak for Real.

In the video, which features throwback footage of Djokovic playing as a child, the 15-time Grand Slam champion opened up about some of his early inspirations, citing Michael Jordan, Pete Sampras and skier Alberto Tomba as his idols.

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He also talked about how, growing up on clay, he always saw the French Open as the pinnacle of the brand of tennis he was learning.

"One thing that I always remembered from watching Roland Garros was the famous 'Ba ba da da da da dat duh da dah—olé!'" Djokovic said. "I remember that very well because I didn't understand any French or English at that time, but I understood the sounds."

In pursuit of his second French Open and his fourth consecutive Slam, Djokovic is set to play Alexander Zverev second on Court Philippe Chatrier on Wednesday.

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The two are locked at 2-2 in their career head-to-head record, with Zverev taking their only clay-court meeting so far, 6-4, 6-3, in the 2017 Rome final.