The American took to social media after Team USA narrowly escaped a huge upset defeat to Serbia in men’s basketball at the Olympics.
Retired tennis player Fish quickly attracted some backlash from Djokovic’s fans in the replies after reminding the world No. 2 who won in their semi-final.
Djokovic has already been able to take home a gold medal for Serbia at the Paris 2024 Games – the nation’s first gold in tennis. Their basketball team hoped to follow in his footsteps when they faced the Americans in the semi-final.
Serbia were in the lead for most of the game – they were ahead by 17 points in one moment and, going into the final quarter, the score was 76-63. But the US team avoided an upset and won 95-91.
Celebrating their comeback, American ex-tennis star Fish took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to take a light-hearted dig at Djokovic. He wrote: “Yo @DjokerNole I didn’t catch the end of the [USA flag] vs [Serbian flag] Basketball game. Who ended up winning that?”
But he quickly attracted backlash as fans flocked to the replies to defend Serbia, claiming it was still a moral win for their basketball team. @DjokovicFan_ replied: “USA had a roster full of superstars – their best Olympic team ever probably – and barely won.”
Other Djokovic supporters pointed out the 24-time Grand Slam champion’s record against American players. Fish quickly followed up with another post after feeling the wrath of the world No. 2’s fans.
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