Novak Djokovic Defaulted From US Open

https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/...ine-judge-ball

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Top-seeded Novak Djokovic was defaulted from his fourth-round match at the US Open after a tennis ball he hit in anger struck a line judge in the neck on Sunday.As he walked to the Arthur Ashe Stadium sideline for a changeover, trailing Pablo Carreno Busta 6-5 in the first set, Djokovic -- who was seeded and ranked No. 1 and an overwhelming favorite for the championship -- angrily smacked a ball behind him. The ball flew right at the line judge, who dropped to her knees at the back of the court and reached for her neck.

During a discussion of about 10 minutes near the net involving chair umpire Aurelie Tourte, tournament referee Soeren Friemel and Grand Slam supervisor Andreas Egli, Djokovic appeared to be pleading his case. But eventually, he walked over to shake hands with Carreno Busta.
Tourte then announced that Djokovic was defaulted, the tennis equivalent of an ejection.

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Asked whether Djokovic should have been allowed to continue to play, Carreno Busta shrugged and replied: "Well, the rules are the rules. ... The referee and the supervisor [did] the right thing, but it's not easy to do it."
Indeed, the U.S. Tennis Association issued a statement saying that Friemel defaulted Djokovic "in accordance with the Grand Slam rulebook, following his actions of intentionally hitting a ball dangerously or recklessly within the court or hitting a ball with negligent disregard of the consequences."

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He did not intentionally hit the line judge
But he did
In the throat

https://i.gifer.com/6tW.gif

Federer should have played this tournament. Wasted his biggest opportunity at ever winning a Slam again, tbh.

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Originally Posted by DAF86

Federer should have played this tournament. Wasted his biggest opportunity at ever winning a Slam again, tbh.

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He had knee surgery..

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Originally Posted by dbreiden83080

He had knee surgery..

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Didn't he release a statement saying the reason he didn't play was COVID?

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Originally Posted by DAF86

Didn't he release a statement saying the reason he didn't play was COVID?

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No..

“A few weeks ago, having experienced a setback during my initial rehabilitation, I had to have an additional quick arthroscopic procedure on my right knee,” Federer posted. “Now, much like I did leading up to the 2017 season, I plan to take the necessary time to be 100% ready to play at my highest level.

“I will look forward to seeing everyone back on tour at the start of the 2021 season.”

Fuck him, one of the biggest self entitled divas :lol

Break the rules even if you did not mean to aggrieve-suffer the consequences

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Originally Posted by DAF86

Didn't he release a statement saying the reason he didn't play was COVID?

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That was Nadal, the defending champion.....who wasted a clear opportunity to tie Federer.:cry

Time for Zverev to win a Grand Slam.

Medvedev

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Originally Posted by GAustex

Medvedev

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Yeah, that would be my guess too. I'm rooting for Thiem though.

Aliassime Is a reasonable sleeper

I think that judge played it up for a lawsuit, honestly.

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Originally Posted by lefty

Fuck him, one of the biggest self entitled divas :lol

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Not surprised to see you attempt to tear down the Slavic Power

https://streamable.com/wrpwt6

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Originally Posted by swrowe78

https://streamable.com/wrpwt6

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Good find.

Fit of pique
So what
He paid the price

To go along with that video I posted.

1. He first bitched about all of the restrictions of US open because of coronavirus. Said he would skip it.
2. Held his own tennis tournament event which had no restrictions.
3. He unsurprisingly tested positive for coronavirus.
4. He decided to go to the US open after all.
5. Accidentally hit the lady in the throat.

So honestly, it seems like karma to me lol

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Originally Posted by swrowe78

He first bitched about all of the restrictions of US open because of coronavirus. Said he would skip it.

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Good on him.

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He unsurprisingly tested positive for coronavirus.

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Not a surprise at all. Dead people and people who filled out the paperwork but didn't take the test are testing positive.

Novak :(

Surprised the Italian folded against the Russian

https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=9rJA2_1599446410

I'll bet there's soldiers who have been shot in the jugular who made less of a meal of it.

:lol Taken to the hospital
:lol Lawsuit money

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Med6S5v7bZ8

The Russian making quick work of the American

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The Russian making quick work of the American

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So weak by the American. The Russian dominated.

Novak will retire as the GOAT, but what a dumb as hell way to bow out of a grand slam :lmao

Muchova got it going

Which is the better Novak... the DQ’d Joker or Former superstar Spur Steve Novak

The Russian is gonna take it

One of the biggest scumbags in all of professional sports, yet is largely given a free pass (a la McGregor) . . . wonder why?

What’s the back story

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One of the biggest scumbags in all of professional sports, yet is largely given a free pass (a la McGregor) . . . wonder why?

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"Given a free pass"? Most hardcore tennis fans hate Djokovic, tbh.

Naomi Osaka

Born in Japan. Represents Japan in International competiton. Wears masks supporting black American culture.

Who brainwashed this child?

Serena just cannot hang on. Time is undefeated.

Azarenka saved tennis

Call me racist chauvinistic pig if you want

A German is in the final.
The other-a Russian or Austrian

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Originally Posted by GAustex

A German is in the final.
The other-a Russian or Austrian

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Zverev was born in Hamburg but his parents are Russian

Well I had Kenin and then Medvedev once Djokovic went out.
I don't know jack

Thiem is going to win this tournament, I think

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Originally Posted by i'm_still_beta

Thiem is going to win this tournament, I think

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Haven't watched any of it outside this ejection. Even tennis without a crowd got to kind of suck though.

Stupidest decision tbh. Me and a lot of other ppl didn't watch after the last of the Big 4 was out. Whoever wins it will be a giant *

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Haven't watched any of it outside this ejection. Even tennis without a crowd got to kind of suck though.

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I kind of liked it during lockdown when it was in some rich dudes backyard tbh. If they had the realest there it would have been interesting to watch

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I kind of liked it during lockdown when it was in some rich dudes backyard tbh. If they had the realest there it would have been interesting to watch

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Yea, it's probably still good if you like the match-up.

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Originally Posted by FrostKing

Naomi Osaka

Born in Japan. Represents Japan in International competiton. Wears masks supporting black American culture.

Who brainwashed this child?

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Her mom is Japanese, and her dad is Black. She was born in Japan, grew up in New York and Florida. Pretty easy to figure out. I don't see her doing anything very unusual.

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Originally Posted by i'm_still_beta

Thiem is going to win this tournament, I think

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Zverev Out to the fast start...

Zverev is succumbing to the pressure of the having the lead

Djoker vs. Rafa legendary French Open Final

A lot is at stake here. Nadal is untouchable on clay, but Djokovic is currently the #1 ranked player. Both competing to catch Federer and become the goat. It has the potential to be a classic. I just hope something boring doesn't happen, like one of them gets injured.

If Djokovic would have won in 3 sets today I would buy it; but after spending himself in 5 sets today he starts as a clear underdog on sunday.

Nadal in 3 or 4 not that difficult sets.

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Originally Posted by Arcadian

A lot is at stake here. Nadal is untouchable on clay, but Djokovic is currently the #1 ranked player. Both competing to catch Federer and become the goat. It has the potential to be a classic. I just hope something boring doesn't happen, like one of them gets injured.

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Pretty much guaranteed one of two things will happen, depending on who's losing.

1) If it's Novak, he'll start grimacing and flexing his shoulder after every point while yelling at his box.

2) If it's Nadal, he'll start grimacing and flexing his knee/leg while looking like a sad puppy at uncle Toni.

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Originally Posted by DAF86

If Djokovic would have won in 3 sets today I would buy it; but after spending himself in 5 sets today he starts as a clear underdog on sunday.

Nadal in 3 or 4 not that difficult sets.

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DjoKOVID doesn’t stand a chance

SWIATEK

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SWIATEK

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AmeriKKKA :lmao

:lol what a complete mismatch

Fellow lefties let’s celebrate :cry

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DjoKOVID doesn’t stand a chance

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Nadal ties Federer with 20 slams and in you look at the other tournaments and h2h he has the best case for GOAT, tbh. ambchang, midnightpulp and others saying Nadal wasn't even top 5 in history. :lmao

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Originally Posted by DAF86

Nadal ties Federer with 20 slams and in you look at the other tournaments and h2h he has the best case for GOAT, tbh. ambchang, midnightpulp and others saying Nadal wasn't even top 5 in history. :lmao

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Idk man. 13 Majors on one single court and just 7 on other 3 combined pretty solidly confirms him as The GOAT clay specialist with great, but not elite, all-court game. GOAT all-court title is between Novak and Fed with Nadal firmly at # 3.

This is obviously subject to change depending on what happens with the big 3 in the future.

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Originally Posted by lefty20

Idk man. 13 Majors on one single court and just 7 on other 3 combined pretty solidly confirms him as The GOAT clay specialist with great, but not elite, all-court game. GOAT all-court title is between Novak and Fed with Nadal firmly at # 3.

This is obviously subject to change depending on what happens with the big 3 in the future.

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As if Nadal hadn't proved himself in the other courts. If anything we should all be glad that 3 of the 4 slams are played in fast courts instead of being 2 and 2 like it used to be. Nadal would probably have 30 slams by now.

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Originally Posted by DAF86

As if Nadal hadn't proved himself in the other courts. If anything we should all be glad that 3 of the 4 slams are played in fast courts instead of being 2 and 2 like it used to be. Nadal would probably have 30 slams by now.

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He certainly hasn't proven himself to be on par with Fed or Nole on other 3 courts.

If Clay was faster than Nadal would only have 12-15 slams. If scenarios are kind of pointless, tbh.

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Originally Posted by lefty20

He certainly hasn't proven himself to be on par with Fed or Nole on other 3 courts.

If Clay was faster than Nadal would only have 12-15 slams. If scenarios are kind of pointless, tbh.

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So, he has to dominate them both in clay and fast courts? :lol

Outside of clay Nadal has 7 grand slams, 10 masters series and a gold medal. That's an all-time great career on itself. What do Roger and Novak have on clay?

And you are making my point with that "if scenarios" comment. You can't pick and choose the tournaments you want, you have to take all in consideration. And taking everything in consideration, Nadal has the same number of slams as Roger, more master series and a better head to head record. That pretty much seems like the better resume, tbh.

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So, he has to dominate them both in clay and fast courts? :lol

Outside of clay Nadal has 7 grand slams, 10 masters series and a gold medal. That's an all-time great career on itself. What do Roger and Novak have on clay?

And you are making my point with that "if scenarios" comment. You can't pick and choose the tournaments you want, you have to take all in consideration. And taking everything in consideration, Nadal has the same number of slams as Roger, more master series and a better head to head record. That pretty much seems like the better resume, tbh.

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You know exactly why Novak and Fed have nothing to show on clay. Nadal's dominance on that surface is greater than anything I've ever seen in any sport.

Nadal's resume outside of Clay is worse than even Sampras. Dude literally has 0 APT Finals Wins. How can such a great player not even squeak out one win in a tournament that, unlike the Olympics, happens every year?

Can't claim the GOAT title when 65% of Major Wins come on the same damn Court. He'll need some more variety if he wants the undisputed GOAT title. Another 3-5 non-clay titles should do the trick.

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You know exactly why Novak and Fed have nothing to show on clay. Nadal's dominance on that surface is greater than anything I've ever seen in any sport.

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Yeah well, another reason to believe he's the GOAT. There's nothing stopping Djokovic or Federer from having the same type of dominance on any of the other slams, tbh.

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Nadal's resume outside of Clay is worse than even Sampras. Dude literally has 0 APT Finals Wins. How can such a great player not even squeak out one win in a tournament that, unlike the Olympics, happens every year?

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You mean that if you take 13 of Nadal's slams he has a worse resume than the undisputed GOAT before the big 3 appeared? What a shocker. :lol

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Can't claim the GOAT title when 65% of Major Wins come on the same damn Court. He'll need some more variety if he wants the undisputed GOAT title. Another 3-5 non-clay titles should do the trick.

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Why? :lol

Untill the big 3 appeared, Sampras was considered the GOAT by most and he never did shit on clay. He was way less versatile than Nadal yet nobody questioned his GOATNESS despite having won 14 of his 16 slams in just two tournaments, tbh.

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Yeah well, another reason to believe he's the GOAT. There's nothing stopping Djokovic or Federer from having the same type of dominance on any of the other slams, tbh.

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They haven't had a similar dominance on one surface because they're more than just one court specialists. They're the GOAT all-court players.

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They haven't had a similar dominance on one surface because they're more than just one court specialists. They're the GOAT all-court players.

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lol "all-courts". Us Open and Australian Open are the same shit. And Wilmbledon has more in similar with hard courts than clay because of the speed. All three, Federer, Nadal and Djokovic are all-court players. Djokovic and Federer are slightly better fast court players than Nadal, while Nadal is the best slow court player by a distance, hence why he dominates slow courts in a way that neither Federer nor Djokovic can dominate fast courts. That's also why Nadal dominates both Federer and Djokovic in Roland Garros to the tune of 13-1 but is still 7-8 on the other slams. Meaning Nadal dominates in clay and plays them even on the rest. Looks like the "one surface specialist" does pretty well for himself on the others slams, tbh.

Nadal is not a clay court "specialist." He has 5 US Open titles, which is more than Djokovic and only one less than Federer.

He's the God of Clay, but also an excellent player on hard courts. That's not the same thing as a "specialist."

If US Open and AO are the same then why the big discrepancy between the number of respective titles each for Rafa and Nole each. Something must be different.

Fact is that Rafa's performance outside of Clay is not even in the same stratosphere as Fed and Nole's. You can spin it however you want, but at the end of the day the man has won 65% of is GS titles on one single court. That's a specialist.

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Originally Posted by lefty20

If US Open and AO are the same then why the big discrepancy between the number of respective titles each for Rafa and Nole each. Something must be different.

Fact is that Rafa's performance outside of Clay is not even in the same stratosphere as Fed and Nole's. You can spin it however you want, but at the end of the day the man has won 65% of is GS titles on one single court. That's a specialist.

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Ok, then I guess Djokovic is an Australian Open specialist. :lol

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Ok, then I guess Djokovic is an Australian Open specialist. :lol

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I mean I do have him below Federer in my rankings, tbh.

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Originally Posted by lefty20

I mean I do have him below Federer in my rankings, tbh.

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You are being biased against Nadal. Take it from a fellow Nadal hater, tbh.

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Originally Posted by DAF86

You are being biased against Nadal. Take it from a fellow Nadal hater, tbh.

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I'm gonna plea the 5th, tbh.

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If US Open and AO are the same then why the big discrepancy between the number of respective titles each for Rafa and Nole each. Something must be different.

Fact is that Rafa's performance outside of Clay is not even in the same stratosphere as Fed and Nole's. You can spin it however you want, but at the end of the day the man has won 65% of is GS titles on one single court. That's a specialist.

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They're not the same. Did someone say they were? The AO is for Djokovic what the French is for Nadal (almost). So yes, Novak is the king of the AO. But Nadal has more US Open titles than Novak. So no, he's not a specialist.

Anyone who completes a "career slam" is not a specialist, obviously, because they've proven they can win on all surfaces.

How about Federer, Nadal and Djokovic being co-GOATs?

Most power: Djokovic
Most agile: Nadal
Most balanced: Federer

It's too bad because at this point Federer CAN'T retire or his legacy will surely be bronze, and he will most likely be less and less competitive going forward, sooner than his rivals.

Man if only Federer had Nadal's mental strength

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It's too bad because at this point Federer CAN'T retire or his legacy will surely be bronze, and he will most likely be less and less competitive going forward, sooner than his rivals.

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He's won 20 and has every other record in the book.. He will pass Connors soon for most wins all time in ATP history.. The rest is just twitter talk.. He has nothing left to prove.. Tennis will likely be on life support 4 or 5 years from now.. Fed, Nadal, Novak.. 3 of the very best that ever played in the same era.. Not going to ever happen again.. Not to this level..

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He's won 20 and has every other record in the book.. He will pass Connors soon for most wins all time in ATP history.. The rest is just twitter talk.. He has nothing left to prove.. Tennis will likely be on life support 4 or 5 years from now.. Fed, Nadal, Novak.. 3 of the very best that ever played in the same era.. Not going to ever happen again.. Not to this level..

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I mean internally it must be very disconcerting for him to consider that he can't continue at their pace. Of course he has nothing to prove to us, but to himself and to them, to leave while his rivals continue to chase his legacy successfully is something I don't know if there's a comparison to.

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I mean internally it must be very disconcerting for him to consider that he can't continue at their pace. Of course he has nothing to prove to us, but to himself and to them, to leave while his rivals continue to chase his legacy successfully is something I don't know if there's a comparison to.

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Well they are younger so they can keep going. I think Fed plays 1 more year.. But some of the others may start finally stepping up.. Thiem, Tsitsipas, Medvedev, Zverev etc... Tennis is long overdue for another player to start winning majors.. With Nadal approaching 35 and Novak 34 it would be nice to see someone new step up... Of that group Tsitsipas is the one with most talent and potential.. His SF run at the French may be a good sign for him..