Tennis
“Why don’t you shut up?” Djokovic staged a showdown in the match with Rublev
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The Serbian tennis player became a participant in another incident at the Australian Open.
Novak Djokovic came to Melbourne determined to win the 22nd Grand Slam Cup of the tournament. But the Australian soil has recently prevented the Serbian tennis player from playing without incident. He regularly becomes a participant in various scandalous situations.
Not without an unpleasant incident in the quarterfinal game against the Russian tennis player Andrei Rublev.
Djokovic problems in Serbia
Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic has recently had a bad relationship with the Australian Open. All tennis fans witnessed Nole’s showdown with the Australian authorities and tournament organizers over vaccinations in 2022, when the player was expelled from the country due to lack of a certificate.
But even this year, the Serb’s performances often draw attention in a negative light. So, many doubted his health problems in the third round match against the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov. Twice during the game, Djokovic took a medical time-out. And the first came at the most intense moment of the match.
Despite the indicated health problems, Novak managed to defeat the Bulgarian and moved on. No wonder there is a bike among tennis players: if Djokovic takes a medical time-out, then he will definitely win. Of course, the legendary Serb denied the accusations and stated that he was ready to provide the necessary evidence.
“But you don’t react”
Another unpleasant incident involving Djokovic still leads to certain reflections. It happened in the quarterfinals against the Russian tennis player Andrei Rublev. In the first set, Novak was quite confidently leading by the sixth game (4:1). But our tennis player managed to impose a fight on the titled opponent for the next game.
When playing on “more-less” Andrey took the lead and was one draw away from winning the game. But at that moment, Novak had a showdown with a fan in the stands. The Serb really did not like the behavior of the viewer, who reacted violently to each draw.
“Why don’t you just shut up for once?” Djokovic turned to the fan with displeasure.
Inherited from the legendary Serb and the judge on the tower. Novak urged him to respond to what is happening.
– Every draw. Every draw. And you don’t react,” the player complained.
Of course, Novak immediately became the anti-hero of the meeting. A loud and dissatisfied rumble of fans rose in the stands, who were not satisfied with the reaction of the tennis player. But the pause, by a strange coincidence, benefited the Serb. Rublev failed to cope with several draws and lost another game.
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On December 28, there will be an exhibition match between the world’s first rackets in women’s singles. Arina Sabalenko Finalist at Wimbledon 2022 Nick Kyrgios from Australia.
The so-called “Battle of the Sexes” will take place at the arena in Dubai (UAE) and will start at around 18:00 Kiev time on Sunday.
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The winner will be the person who wins two sets. In the event of a change of game, a tiebreaker of up to 10 points will be determined.
Some changes have been made to the fighting rules. First, each person will only have one attempt to send. Secondly, Sabalenka’s court side will be shortened by 9%.
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tennis legend Billie Jean King He stated that the “Battle of the Sexes” match was played between Arina Sabalenko And Nick Kyrgios It’s “not the same” as his breakthrough reunion with Bobby Riggs.
American King defeated self-proclaimed chauvinist Riggs 6:4, 6:3, 6:3 in a $100,000 winner-take-all match in Houston in September 1973.
An estimated 90 million people worldwide watched the 29-year-old King win the bo5 match against the 55-year-old former Wimbledon and US Open singles champion. The fight is considered an important part of the women’s rights movement and the fight for equality in sports.
World number one Sabalenka, 27, will face Wimbledon 2022 finalist Kyrgios, 30, on December 28 in Dubai. The name of the match was “Battle of the Sexes”.
When asked if he saw any similarities between the matches, King said:
“The only similarity is that one is a man and the other is a woman. That’s it. Everything else is not like that. Our match was about social change, it was about the cultural context of 1973. This match is not about that. I hope the match is great and of course I want Sabalenka to win, but it’s not the same thing.”
Some see the match between four-time Grand Slam singles champion Sabalenka and former world No. 13 Kyrgios as harmless fun, but others believe Sabalenka’s defeat could devalue women’s tennis.
The exhibition match will be played over two sets won and if necessary (1-1 in games) a tiebreaker will be decided up to 10 points.
Each player will serve only once, and Sabalenka’s side of the court will be 9% smaller. Tournament organizers Evolve said women moved around the course an average of 9% slower than men, so it was decided to shorten Arina’s portion of the course.
“I played three bo5 sets with Bobby, on normal court, and didn’t change a thing,” King recalls. “I either play under equal conditions, or I don’t play at all,” I said. And Bobby loved it.”
King’s match came months after Riggs, who died in 1995 aged 77, beat world number one Margaret Court 6-1, 6-2 in the opening match of the Battle of the Sexes series.
The match took place the same year King founded the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) and three years after a group of players known as the “Original Nine” left the tennis body.
The match also took place during the passage of Title IX legislation in the United States, which prohibits gender discrimination in all schools and educational programs and guarantees equal conditions, opportunities, and support for men’s and women’s sports teams.
“My match was really political. It was a very difficult time culturally,” King, 82, added. “I knew I had to defeat him for social change.” “I had many reasons to win.”
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On December 26, exhibition team tournament matches began in Shenzhen, China. World Tennis Continental Cup.
It is played between competition cups. European teams And mira.
Team Europe squad: Iga Swiatek (Poland), Belinda Bencic (Switzerland), Valentin Vachereau (Monaco), Flavio Cobolli (Italy).
World Team Composition: Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan), Andrey Rublev, Zhang Zhizhen (China), Wang Xinyu (China).
The World Tennis Continental Cup is an analogue of the Laver Cup. On the first day of play, each team receives one point for the victory, on the second – two, on the third (decisive) three.
On the 26th, Europe took a 2:0 lead – Swiatek beat Rybakina and Bencic fought Wang Xinyu. However, on December 27, the World team took the lead.
First Zhang beat Cobolli, then Swiatek lost sensationally to Wang, and Vachereau lost to Rublev. Europe’s only victory on Saturday came in doubles; Cobolli and Bencic defeated Zhang and Wang.
World Tennis Continental Cup. 26 December [Первый день]
European Team – World Team
- Belinda Bencic – Wang Xinyu – 4:6, 6:2, [10:5]
- Iga Swiatek – Elena Rybakina – 6:3, 6:3
Video review of Bencic and Wang Xinyu
Video review Sventek vs Rybakina
World Tennis Continental Cup. 27 December [Второй день]
European Team – World Team
- Flavio Cobolli – Zhang Zhizhen – 6:7 (5:7), 3:6
- Iga Swiatek – Wang Xinyu – 2:6, 3:6
- Valentin Vachereau – Andrey Rublev – 6:2, 6:7 (5:7), [7:10]
- Flavio Cobolli / Belinda Bencic – Zhang Zhizhen / Wang Xinyu – 6:3, 7:6 (7:3)
Video review Cobolli and Zhang Zhizhen
Video review Swiatek – Wang Xinyu
Video review Vachereau – Rublev
World Tennis Continental Cup. 28 December [Третий день]
European Team – World Team. Calendar
- Valentin Vachereau – Zhang Zhizhen
- Belinda Bencic-Elena Rybakina
- Flavio Cobolli-Andrey Rublev
- Iga Swiatek / Valentin Vachereau – Elena Rybakina / Andrey Rublev
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