Tennis
Djokovic angry at Norry: ‘I will never let anyone behave like this’
Angered by Cameron Norrie after an incident in the game between them, Novak Djokovic made his point clear in the press conference.
Novak Djokovic opened up about the Cameron Norrie incident in the Serb’s 6-3, 6-4 win that propelled him to the quarter-finals of Rome for the 17th time in as many appearances at the event.
The Serb received the ball from Nori’s right calf punch while turning his back on his opponent. The world No. 1 gave the Brit a … murderous look, however, as he said, that wasn’t the only case that irked him at Nori’s behaviour.
“I saw the replay when he hit me with the ball.”said the Serb. “You could say he didn’t do it on purpose. But my reaction wasn’t so much due to that. Of course he’s allowed to take a medical time-out (before Djokovic serves for the game), of course he’s allowed to hit a player with the ball, of course he’s allowed to shout ‘Let’s go’ to a player’s face after every point.”
“Those are things that we players know in the dressing room and it’s not right to treat one another like that.” He took all of that behavior to court and I responded to it. I will never allow anyone to act like that and just hang their heads. I will answer that.”
Djokovic meets Holger Rooney in the quarterfinals, a repeat of the ATP Masters final in Paris last November, with the Dane claiming the biggest title of his career after coming from behind.
SOURCE: Tennis24
Source: sport 24
