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The irony is that Shapovalov would have played Djokovic in the quarterfinals had Djokovic won. Of course he now plays Pablo Carreno Busta.
Funny how this has turned out to be one of the most interesting US Open draws ever, because nobody is sure who will even make the Final, let alone win. Whereas usually you have 2 of the big 3 on one side, and the another cruising through the weak half.
If it were any player, I might have said it was just a moment of fit and could have happened to anyone but not so with Novak Djokovic who has been known to throw tantrums and behave like a spoiled ill tempered brat both on and off the court (remember the time when he made the ball girl cry after she didn't hand him his towel fast enough?). His temper and poor judgement finally caught up to him and I hope this incident serves to remind him to be a better person and a better sport.
Still, along with the pandemic, the Open is deprived of any real prominent participants.
Any sport has to protect it's officials. I've seen managers ejected for just touching an ump during an argument in baseball. Officials need protection. The frustrating thing here is it wasn't during play. It's was negligence on players part. Yes unintentional but still a violation. Accidentlally hit your boss at work and see what happens.
The gamblers and fanatics have to cool the death threats because they're showing what drives 'professional' sports now a days-chicken poop scum
Best shot of the match (joking). I can hear a collective groan from ESPN, which is paying 70 million for the rights to broadcast this. No Federer, Djokovic or Nadal zzzzzz.
This was a case of a lowlife finally paying the price for his career-long abusive behavior.....as Djokovic has always been known for deranged on-court behavior, and even after this incident (which was very tame by his standards), you can be certain he'll continue his recklessness for the remainder of his career.
This is one of the reasons why Rafael Nadal has NEVER smashed a tennis racquet and has NEVER slapped a ball into the fences EVER. And Nadal is one of the most emotional competitors I've ever seen, and he's been angry plenty of times, but he's a professional and he's an adult.....and he knows that one reckless action can end your day.
Djokovic has never been professional, and never shown the maturity of an adult.
Still, along with the pandemic, the Open is deprived of any real prominent participants.
But the biggest stars of the next 5 years are all playing this US Open - Thiem (who led Djokovic 2-sets-to-1 at the Australian Open Final this year), and Medvedev (who pushed Nadal to 5 Sets at last year's US Open Final), and Tsitsipas (who won the ATP World Tour Finals last year, and beat everybody except for Nadal), and Zverev.
And it is more exciting watching one of these future legends winning their first ever slam title, than watching the Big3 win another US Open (although Nadal could have tied Federer's 20 slams and 5 US Opens, so that would have been exciting).
Any sport has to protect it's officials. I've seen managers ejected for just touching an ump during an argument in baseball. Officials need protection. The frustrating thing here is it wasn't during play. It's was negligence on players part. Yes unintentional but still a violation. Accidentlally hit your boss at work and see what happens.
The line judge acted as she got hit by a fastball by Roger Clemens, ridiculous Novak was joke tapping the ball. The world is now so PC. Examples, some ladies get offended by being called a lady, its a person or else.
You clearly haven't the foggiest idea what 'PC' even means.
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