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Novak Djokovicot was disqualified from the US Open for hitting a linesman with a ball in his game Sunday night.
Serbia is a world leader Pablo Carreno Bustával he played in the top eight, also had three game balls with a 5: 4 lead, but couldn’t sell them. He broke on the next boom, then hit the ball in anger and, albeit accidentally, hit one of the linesmen in the throat, who had to be removed from the scene.
Novak Djokovic rightly served from the @ United States Open for this pic.twitter.com/EI1DpLR3pn
– Andrew Gourdie (@AndrewGourdie) September 6, 2020
After the incident, a long discussion began, the Serbian star negotiating with the match coach and the first man of the competition for almost ten minutes, and then noting that according to the rules, he was disqualified. There have been similar examples several times in Canada. Denis Shapovalov hit the chair umpire in the Davis Cup, he too was retired then.
This was Djokovic’s first loss this year, winning his previous 26 matches. With his farewell, it was also decided that a new Grand Slam winner would be inaugurated, as none of those still competing had won a major tournament. New GS winner last time Stan wawrinka It was in 2014 at the Australian Open.
This year is an interesting year for Djokovic, who, in addition to his success on the field, organized a tournament right in the middle of the pandemic, in which several people, including himself, became coronavirus, and recently launched a new organization of players. already heard.
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