New York City — Bill Macatee went on and on about the accolades of Maria Sharapova on Wednesday afternoon at the Benjamin Hotel so much so that the crowd gathered to see her and Novak Djokovic were craning their neck for the door, waiting for the 2006 U.S. Open champion to walk through first onto the stage.

But as Macatee invited the three-time Major champion out, it was Djokovic — clad in a bright blonde wig — who strode into the room, pushing his faux locks out of his face and wearing a goofy grin.

"I'm very feminine," the Sharapova impostor said in his interview with the CBS fixture. "I love fashion."

Djokovic had the crowd of media and tennis business faces in fits of laughter as he continued his Sharapova impersonation, Macatee opening the room up to questions. But it was a familiar voice — that of Sharapova's — called out the first query of the press conference: "What are you doing?!"

Djokovic and Sharapova were at the Midtown hotel to talk about their respective successes with their HEAD YouTek racquets, each finding their own great successes since switching to the brand in the last two years.

But the pair did plenty of ribbing at one another, Macatee asking Djokovic why he continued to do the impressions of other players and Sharapova quickly with wit, adding: "Yeah. Why?"

Later, they would battle over who would get more questions from the media who were present ("I'm up two-to-one!" Sharapova proclaiming at one point) and warning one another about certain questions ("Careful! He's from The Post!" Sharapova told Djokovic).

But there was seriousness, too: Djokovic said he was resting the sore shoulder that forced him to retire in the Cincinnati final last week while Sharapova said that while she continues to maintain her focus and drive in tennis, she strives for a more balanced life overall.

Videos were shown of more Djokovic impersonations, the two players talking of their love for their racquets while Maria spoke about the tennis bags she had helped design for the company, saying she didn't "want to design a bag that was just a tennis bag."

Djokovic gamely agreed, saying he was constantly chased down in airports because people saw his bag first — and then recognized him. "Oh, it's you!" He relayed fans would say to him in one such story to the chuckling crowd.

In the end, the two posed for pictures and Djokovic, unable to resist the chance, playfully stood on his tippy-toes to grow equal in height with the six-foot-two Maria. Both — it seems — have equal shots to win the upcoming U.S. Open.