As the crowd applauded the routine and expected ending, Djokovic paused for a longer-than-usual hand-shaking conversation at the net, then gave Nieminen a hug.
"Hello?" Another step and then — back in business — he resumed the conversation, shaking his head.
He was condemned to a lifetime of walking a few paces behind, making conversation, shaking hands, inquiring politely, not making waves, avoiding controversy.
Over time, I became very comfortable having these conversations, shaking hands and connecting with these men and women, often while I held up traffic.
He now walks around like he is the Mayor, shaking hands, seeking out conversations and eager to try new experiences.
In a Periscope stream after the segment, Ryan said that she was "shaken" by the conversation, which she called "just in-my-face racism".
Hayes tweeted after the incident that he was "taken aback" by the congressman's statements, and that he should have allowed Ryan to respond: In a Periscope stream after the segment, Ryan said that she was "shaken" by the conversation, which she called "just in-my-face racism".
Video footage shows the former leader looking frail and withdrawn, but Mr Zuma said the two men had some conversation, shook hands and even smiled.
Is that old or new?" he asks, cracking his knuckles, shaking his leg, delaying any conversation which might analyse the 80-minute rescheduled set he's just played to a few hundred people.
Though I had been in the country only a few days, I felt as if I had traversed several continents and only now — drinking beer, shaking hands and striking up conversation with these men — was I getting a taste of Suriname's frontier.
Personally, if I don't rock a wall, get up, get laid, get down on a dance floor, read a good book, write a poem, listen to a mind-blowing record or have a soul-shaking, satisfying conversation at least once a week, the world doesn't make sense to me and I am unmoored.
