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Hot Blood: Novak Djokovic's Incidents Throughout his tumultuous career
He threw bats and balls to the stands, confronted fans, touched the referees, screamed at the ball-throwers: the latest incident in the US joins the parade of scandals caused by Novak Djokovic throughout his career.
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Novak Djokovic last night (Sunday) caused a great stir at the United States Championship, when he unintentionally hit the line judge and was expelled from the tournament.
The world number one is closer than ever to clinging to Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal when it comes to the number of titles and achievements, but the anger and disgust towards him on the part of some of the tennis world is only growing, and last night's unusual incident was part of a long series of controversial moments.
Here are some of them.
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Djokovic (Photo: GettyImages)
General return to a US fiasco
Roland Garros, 2016. Djokovic throws the bat backwards, almost hitting a line judge.
At the press conference, the media asks if he is not afraid of future punishment.
The Serb laughs and replies: "I do not believe in you. You always cling to these things."
Journalist: "If you keep doing these things—"
Djokovic: "These things? So why not suspend me?"
Journalist: "It was close, wasn't it?"
Djokovic: "Close? I was not suspended. If I am not close, I am not close."
Journalist: "If the ball had hit a fan, it could have been serious."
Djokovic: "It could have been, yes. And it could have snowed in the hall, but it didn't."
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Conflict with referee at Australian Championship
To be honest, the US incident was not even Djokovic's first this year. Last February he touched the referee of the match against Dominic Tim and told him sarcastically: "You have become famous in this game.
Beauty of work.
Congratulations. "In the end, it was decided not to fine the Serb for $ 30,000, although the rules make it clear that a player is not allowed to touch the referee." I am not proud of that, "Djokovic said after the game," it happened in the heat of the moment. "
"Corona Tournament"
While sporting events were canceled around the world, Djokovic decided to organize a tennis tournament in the Balkans featuring some of the best players in the world, including himself, Sasha Zebrav, Dominic Tim, Gregor Dimitrov and others, and in the presence of an audience.
How did it end?
In the corona infection of most of those involved, in part due to parties with very little social distance, in which the various actors participated.
"When you see these scenes, it's not surprising that so many actors got infected," Andy Murray exclaimed.
Djokovic apologized and said: "We thought the tournament complied with the safety procedures. We were wrong, it was too early and I can not express how sorry I am."
Opposes vaccines
And in particular, for corona vaccines - if and when there are any.
"I'm against vaccines," he said several months ago, "and I'm not prepared for anyone to force me to get vaccinated in order to be able to fly. I'm not an expert, but I have the right to choose what's best for my body. The issue. "
open mind.
Djokovic (Photo: GettyImages)
Throws the bat to the stands
The Monte Carlo Tournament, 2019, the Serb loses composure, smashes the bat on the clay and then throws it in the air so that it almost hits the photographers and fans sitting close to the surface.
Djokovic was not punished, nor even asked to do so at the end of the hard-fought victory over Philip Kolschreiber.
Confronting a fan
During the warm-up for the game at the United States Championship, the Serb turned around and approached one of the fans who cursed him in the stands.
"I'm going to find you," Djokovic told a fan.
At the end of the win over Juan Ignacio Lundro, he insisted: "I meant I would look for him to buy him a drink. I loved this guy."
During the game the Serb confronted a number of other fans.
"Shut your food * mouth *," he shouted back to one of the fans who had interrupted him to serve in the first act.
"There were some people who drank a little too much, but everything was fine," he explained at the end.
Pushing a line judge
Rome quarter-final, 2016. The Serb withstands the pressure and defeats Rafael Nadal 5: 7, 6: 7 (4), but during the game, argues and touches the line judge.
Under the rules of the tournament, he was supposed to be fined $ 10,000, but the Serb came out cheap.
In the final of the tournament he lost to Andy Murray, and there too he was involved in an unusual incident.
"I do not want to play," he complained to the final referee towards the end of the game, as part of the allegations he made about the condition of the surface.
Yelling about bringing bullets
Wimbledon of 2015. Novak once again loses his temper and screams at the ball girl in a game against Kevin Anderson, just as he did in a tournament in Miami earlier that year.
"I'm sorry, it was not personal to her," he said after qualifying for the quarterfinals.
"Maybe she was afraid of my screams. I was pretty close to her."
Not personal (Photo: AP)
Beats a ball to the stands
Doha, 2017. The sixth game of the game against Andy Murray, and Djokovic is furious at a point he missed, hits the ball hard to the stands and hits one of the spectators.
The Serb received a warning, and at the end insisted: "It was not intentional. Of course people are occasionally hurt, especially those sitting in the front rows. I will probably have to be more careful in the future."
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