England have won the quarter-finals of the European Championships on penalties – and they are upset at the tennis tournament at Wimbledon. Novak Djokovic laughs at the audience with a strange move.
The European Football Championship has a firm grip on other sports too, even the most iconic of all tennis tournaments, the lawn classic Wimbledon. Suddenly Novak Djokovic takes a penalty – but his opponent holds.
If you’re wondering why a longtime tennis leader is suddenly playing football, here’s the explanation. The England national football team played their quarter final match against Switzerland on Saturday evening. A long battle ended with a climax – and a better ending for the “Three Lions”.
Wimbledon: Djokovic suddenly takes a penalty
When the good news of the 5:3 success and the equivalent entry into the semi-finals came from Arena Düsseldorf across the channel to England, or more precisely to the Center Court of the tennis club in the Wimbledon area of London, the English. knew only one thing: Goodbye!
There was so much applause from almost 15,000 spectators in the stands that Djokovic’s match against Alexei Popyrin had to be interrupted at short notice when the score was 1:4 in the second set to make room for the joyous aria.
The English crowd indulged their team – and the players?
After a short, irritated reaction to what was going on, they simply went along with it – and how. Djokovic even took an imaginary penalty, sending a shot to the other side of the net.
And Popyrin? He jumped to the side as if trying to catch the imaginary ball. After that, the two athletes focused again on their core sport and the game continued which the spectators could watch.
Formula 1 drivers Hamilton and Russell are also celebrating with England
By the way, it wasn’t just the players who reacted to the English penalty. Tennis icon Boris Becker also said on X: “Congratulations to England. I can’t remember ever seeing a better penalty taker… and that’s a German!”
The game was particularly emotional for the two English Mercedes drivers in Formula 1, Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, who secured pole position at the home GP in Silverstone on Saturday.
Watching in public near the race track, the two watched the nerve-wracking game on stage – and then celebrated with the crowd. Like Djokovic and Popyrin.
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