“Why don’t you shut up?” Djokovic staged a showdown in the match with Rublev

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.

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“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.