WATCH: Novak Djokovic gets excited after stunning backhand return in Brisbane International

Novak Djokovic hit an extraordinary backhand return and turned the game around for him and Nick Kyrgios in the first round of the Brisbane International. The Serbian reached out to the ball from a fairly long distance and hit it across the net through his backhand to claim a point against Alexander Erler and Andreas Mies. Kyrgios and Novak went on to win the set as the shot acted as a momentum changer.

Djokovic had to cover a fair distance as the ball was dropped by the opponents through the nets. The agile Novak Djokovic reached out to the ball right in time and hit a backhand return, which had no answer from their opponents. Brisbane found its voice as Novak pulled off the shot. It helped Nick and Djokovic to turn things around in the first set.

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At one point in the first set, Novak and Nick Kyrgios were trailing 4-5 and 0-30. That was when the 36-year-old pulled off the insane return. Speaking about it after the match, Nole claimed that the energy in the stadium helped them to get going. He credited Kyrgios for his tweener and felt it was difficult to be played.

'That’s just an iconic Novak moment' - Nick Kyrgios on Novak Djokovic's backhand return

"It was 5-4 to us but 30/0 [to them], and we won that point, and the energy of the crowd got us going. Then we won that game and the first set. Nick’s tweener is tougher to play under the circumstances. We tried to get the crowd on our side and get that energy and just use it for some good tennis," said Novak.

While Novak was happy that the crowd supported them in the match, Nick reacted to the shot and claimed it to be an 'Iconic Novak moment'. Nick claimed that he never moved in his life the way Novak did around the court. He felt his tweener is loved by the kids.

"That’s just an iconic Novak moment. The way the guy moves around the court, I’ve never moved like that in my life. I was just loving it. The tweener is, I guess, more of an iconic shot that the kids love," said Kyrgios.