Novak Djokovic is no stranger to having a complete meltdown on court.
Whether it is smashing rackets into a thousand pieces or arguing with members of the crowd – Djokovic has done it all.
It seems he has particular moments at the US Open too, famously once getting defaulted for hitting a line judge in the throat with a ball.
And back in 2023, he fumed at a fan who broke a cardinal rule at a tennis match. Someone shouted ‘out’ during a point in his showdown with American Taylor Fritz.
Fritz had served and someone shouted ‘out’, with Djokovic thinking that the automatic line calling system had deemed the ball long.
Only when his opponent kept playing did he have to scramble to get back in the point.
He made the return, but Fritz won with a superb backhand winner and Djokovic was, unsurprisingly, furious.
He started yelling in the direction of the person who had called out, and revealed after that it was in an area where his friends normally sit.
Yeah, he did [cause a distraction],” he said. “He was actually in the box where some of my friends were.
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