The world number one, who captured his maiden Wimbledon title in 2011, warmed up for this year's tournament by playing an exhibition at Stoke Park on the edge of London.
In one match, he and Bulgarian star Grigor Dimitrov stripped off their shirts to compare physiques before going on to perform tongue-in-cheek impressions of Maria Sharapova's fussy on-court routine.
The crowd were won over, although Djokovic has had to curtail his impressions of other players in recent years with the likes of Roger Federer and the now retired Andy Roddick not amused by seeing themselves lampooned.
"I did hold back (on the impressions) a little bit, because I think sometimes there is no time to really entertain that much. But I still feel that I am enjoying what I am doing, and I try to have fun wherever I go and as much as I can.
"Maybe tennis lacks that little bit of enthusiastic part of it, you know, entertainment, fun."
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