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In the third-day match played against Pablo Carreño Busta, at 6-5 in favor of the Iberian, Novak Djokovic (33, 1 ATP) nervously threw a ball to the baseline, frustrated that Busta managed to break it. The ball hit one of the line referees on the neck, and the referees decided to disqualify him. The referee was not impressed and cautioned him to dive.
Novak Djokovic, disqualified from the US Open
The tournament supervisor applied the rules to the letter and disqualified Novak Djokovic, causing the biggest impact on world tennis in recent years.
Minutes in a row, Djokovic tried to persuade the supervisor not to disqualify him. “You don’t have to go to the hospital for that,” the Serb told him, trying to minimize the effect of his blow.
Djokovic, disqualified. Wilander disagrees with the decision.
The former great Swedish player Mats Wilander considers that Djokovic should not have done it, justifying that the Serb did not intend to hit the referee.
“It is highly debatable why he was disqualified. It is clear that he did not want to hit him, the ball was soft. It is difficult to judge why he made that gesture,” commented former great player Mats Wilander, live on Eurosport.
In the absence of Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic was the big favorite of the US Open tournament. The Serbian was aiming for the 18th Grand Slam of his career, with which he would have approached one distance from Nadal and two from Roger Federer.
LAST MINUTE 🚨 | They are evaluating whether to disqualify Djokovic after hitting a linesman with the ball (unintentionally)
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– Eurosport.es (@Eurosport_ES) September 6, 2020
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