2023-11-25 15:41:49
After Serbia’s victory over Great Britain in the Davis Cup quarter-final this Thursday, Serbian Novak Djokovic lost patience. As he took the floor for the traditional victory speech, after beating the British Cameron Norrie in two sets (6-4, 6-4) some fans tried to cover his words with drums, to which the superstar said she had to respond.
The Serb said his altercation with British fans was due to their “lack of respect”. “Throughout the match there was a lack of respect, but that’s something I have to expect in the Davis Cup,” the 36-year-old responded to the press.
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???? The Team GB section was playing drums during Djokovic’s interview, after knocking Great Britain out of the Davis Cup:
Novak replied: “Learn how to respect players, learn how to respect people, you shut up, you be quiet.” pic.twitter.com/SNNsCcxtSn
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The world No. 1 qualified Serbia for the Davis Cup semi-finals against Italy, easily beating Cameron Norrie (18th) 6-4, 6-4 in the second singles against Great Britain, but then he told a group of British supporters to “learn how to behave”.
According to him, it is “normal that supporters sometimes go beyond the limits. In the heat of the moment, we sometimes also react and show that we do not tolerate this kind of behavior. » “They can do what they want, but I will answer that,” he said.
During the match, Djokovic, a 24-time Grand Slam winner, was annoyed by the same fans who were bothering him and put his hand to his ear after winning a point in the second set. His blood boiled when they didn’t let him express himself freely after his victory. “I was trying to speak and they deliberately started drumming to stop me,” he said. “They tried to bother me the whole match, so we had a little chat at the end. »
Djokovic’s victory puts him on course for a duel against Italian Jannik Sinner, whom he beat on Sunday at the ATP Masters to win his seventh title of the season.
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