“I am sad, I am devastated.” Djokovic apologizes for hitting the referee at the US Open / GORDON



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On September 6, in the round of 16 of the US Open tennis, world ranking leader Novak Djokovic, unable to contain his emotions, threw the ball at the end of the rally and hit the linesman. The athlete was disqualified. He wrote on the social network that he will try to learn a lesson from what happened.

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Djokovic withdrawn from competition due to incident with linesman

Djokovic withdrawn from competition due to incident with linesman

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The world’s first racket, the 33-year-old Serbian Novak Djokovic, apologized on Instagram to the judge who suffered for his behavior, as well as to the fans and all the participants of the US Open.

On September 6, in the round of 16 match against Spanish Pablo Carreño Busta Djokovic, losing a point, he threw the ball with a racket and hit the referee on the line. The woman fell and received medical attention. The Serbian was credited with a defeat in the match.

“I am very sad, I am devastated. I found out the status of the linesman, the organizers told me that, thank God, she is fine. I am very sorry that she is so stressed because of me. It was not intentional.” “, – wrote Djokovic.

He promised to learn a lesson from his disqualification and to work on anger management.



Serbian tennis player won the US Open three times (2011, 2015, 2018).

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