{"id":47335,"date":"2026-08-06T00:38:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T00:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/47335\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T00:38:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T00:38:03","slug":"watch-justin-bieber-boast-hes-a-superior-ping-pong-player-to-tennis-champ-novak-djokovic-before-winning-1-million-fanatics-games-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/47335\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Justin Bieber Boast He\u2019s a \u2018Superior Ping-Pong Player\u2019 to Tennis Champ Novak Djokovic Before Winning $1 Million Fanatics Games Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"

Justin Bieber<\/a> may have spent the past year making headlines for his music, but over the weekend, the SWAG singer proved he can hold his own in the sports realm too.<\/p>\n

The pop star emerged victorious at the Fanatics Games during Fanatics Fest in New York, beating a roster of elite athletes, including retired NFL star Tom Brady, tennis champ Novak Djokovic and NBA stars Victor Wembanyama and Karl-Anthony Towns, before donating his $1 million prize.<\/p>\n

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The competition \u2014 featured in Fanatics Fest: All Access, now streaming on ESPN \u2014 saw Bieber face off against an all-star lineup that also included Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles, former NFL tight end Rob Gronkowski and former LSU gymnast and influencer Livvy Dunne.<\/p>\n

Audiences highlight the moment that Bieber challenged the Serbian professional tennis player Djokovic to a bonus game of ping-pong. Before the match, the singer confidently declared, “I am a superior ping-pong player. He knows it.”<\/p>\n

Djokovic, however, ended up getting the last laugh.<\/p>\n

“I must say, I underestimated Justin’s athletic abilities,” the 24-time Grand Slam winner said before defeating Bieber at the table. Taking the loss like a champion, the “Daisies” singer responded, “He got me today, so I gotta give him his flowers.”<\/p>\n

Though he fell short at ping-pong, Bieber did ultimately claim the biggest win of the weekend, topping the overall Fanatics Games leaderboard to earn the competition’s $1 million grand prize.<\/p>\n

Instead of taking home those winnings, Bieber decided to split the prize among fans and charity. He awarded $500,000 to the event’s 50 fan competitors, giving each participant $10,000 and donating the remaining $500,000 to charity.<\/p>\n

“Only at Fanatics Fest do people come together in this way,” Bieber says in Fanatics Fest: All Access.<\/p>\n

The special is now streaming on the ESPN app, and the trailer can be watched below.<\/p>\n

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