The 33-year-old Serb reached the round of 16 without any problems. But against the Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta Djokovic found it difficult from the start. When the score was 5: 4, Djokovic missed three set balls and then looked dissatisfied. In addition, the world number one fell and then had pain in his arm.
When he then gave his serve to make it 5: 6, Djokovic hit the ball without looking back and hit the linesman, who went down. Djokovic immediately apologized to the woman, but after consulting the supervisor, the referee remained tough and disqualified number one in the world.
Djokovic was “sorry”
After that, Djokovic looked contrite. “This whole situation leaves me really sad and empty,” it said in an Instagram post by the 33-year-old Serb published on Monday night.
He wanted to take his misconduct on the pitch and the subsequent disqualification as a “lesson”. Djokovic did not hit the ball in the direction of the linesman on purpose, but she fell to the ground and then had obvious breathing problems.
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