Seldom does Serbian ace Novak Djokovic lose his cool especially with the fans? In fact, there have been numerous instances where he been an example to all the sportsmen of how they should behave with fans. But today, was completely different. The Serbian tennis ace had an altercation with a fan ahead of his game with American tennis ace Denis Kudla during the round three of the US Open 2019. The incident occurred when Novak was practising at the tennis court. Novak Djokovic Overcomes Spirited Denis Kudla to Reach US Open 2019 Last 16.
We exactly do not know what actually got the tennis ace angry but the Seian was heard saying, “I'll come find you. I'll come find you afterwards, trust me, I'll come find you." In a separate video, he also went on to demand the photograph of that person. The video of the entire incident was shared by fans online and went viral on social media. Check it out below:
Oh wow.. Djokovic getting into a tiff with one of the fans in the middle of his warm-up. Not happy with something that was said. @BenRothenberg @bgtennisnation pic.twitter.com/cAXeMpj6s0
— Sridhar Natarajan (@sridinats) August 31, 2019
Here’s another clip
He asked for a photo of that fan to be provided to him (while that person was being led away I presume). pic.twitter.com/yj6elVJeAl
— Sridhar Natarajan (@sridinats) August 31, 2019
The Serbian did not speak much about the incident after the match and said that he would rather keep everything to himself. “We'll keep [what he said] between us. ... But he definitely helped me. He doesn't even know, but he did help me," Djokovic said. "I'm not going to talk about it. I think he did me a favour. Even maybe he didn't want to do me a favour, he did me a favour, big favour." Talking about the game, Djoko won 6-3,6-4, 6-2 and proceeded to the Round of 16 of the US Open 2019.
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