A young tennis fan was left stunned after Novak Djokovic threw her his shirt after winning the Australian Open, only to have it snatched mid-air by another spectator.
Footage shows Djokovic walk over to the smiling young girl sitting in the front row at Melbourne Park in the early hours of Monday morning and clearly throws his game shirt to her.
But an over-zealous older woman sitting three seats across from the teen leans over, throws out her arms and plucks the shirt just before the girl has a chance to catch it.
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The girl is left open-mouthed in shock as Djokovic turns and walks away.
The world No.1 had just defended his title against Rafael Nadal in an epic contest.
The Serb outlasted Nadal 5-7 6-4 6-2 6-7 (7-5) 7-5 in the longest men's grand slam final in history — a brutal five-hour, 53-minute encounter that started on Sunday night and finished at 1.37am (AEDT) on Monday.
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