World No. 1 Novak Djokovic disqualified from U.S. Open for hitting ball at line judge

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The shocking incident happened when he lost his serve to go 6-5 down in the first set to Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta during the fourth round of the U.S. Open. He showed his frustration by taking a ball out of his pocket and smacking it behind him, hitting a female line judge in the throat.

Djokovic clearly did not aim for the referee, but when he saw her collapse to the ground, he rushed to check on her. He attempted to console her by putting his hand on her back, while chair umpire Aurelie Tourte and tournament referee Soeren Friemel also joined him on the court.

Djokovic didn't attend the mandatory press conference to tell his side of the story, but hours after his exit, he took to Instagram to issue a public apology.

"This whole situation has left me really sad and empty. I checked on the lines person and the tournament told me that thank God she is feeling OK," he said.

"I'm extremely sorry to have caused her such stress. So unintended. So wrong. I'm not disclosing her name to respect her privacy. As for the disqualification, I need to go back within and work on my disappointment and turn this all into a lesson for my growth and evolution as a player and human being," he added.

"I apologize to the U.S. Open tournament and everyone associated for my behavior. I'm very grateful to my team and family for being my rock support, and my fans for always being there with me. Thank you and I'm so sorry."

Djokovic was the favorite to win the men's title at the U.S. Open and his disqualification means a new Grand Slam champion will emerge for the first time in six years.

"Now it gets interesting," said Alexander Zverev, who became the first German to reach the U.S. Open quarter-finals in 13 years after cruising past Alejandro Davidovich Fokina on Sunday.

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Neka im je na cast, samo cu to reci.

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Novak Djokovic broj jedan bio i ostao. a cuj to pogodila gospodju loptica, sad ce joj pasti kruna sa glave, debili bre gde su druge sudije da to vide i svi kazu da to nije nista a ne da on plati kaznu.

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Nije toliki prekrsaj da dodje do diskvalifikacije, prestroga kazna.

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In my opinion this was not necessary. He hit her, but he was not planing to do that! And, as we all know, this is not the first time that this is happening. Some other tennis players were hitting fans, judges, and other people that were on the stadium during the game. And, as we all saw Novak tried to help this woman, and he did not hit the ball hard. She was not looking at the ball, and that is her job. In my opinion, he was not guilty.

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to sam jučer gledala po televiziji....ili prekjučer hahah...vidiš moju memoriju....začudila sam se jer je dobio takvu strogu kaznu.....pa nije to on namjerno uradio....ali rekli su da su i drugi imali ovakav slučaj nesreče i nisu bili tako kažnjeni....baš mi ga žao jer je dobar igrač

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svakom se dogadja greska,ta sto se tu nasla kao sudija,izgleda da joj nije bio dan.

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Novak Djokovic (Belgrade, May 22, 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He spent more than 280 weeks at the top of the ATP list. Many tennis critics, former players and teammates consider Djokovic one of the best tennis players in history. [A] He has been playing professionally since 2003. In his career so far, he has won seventeen titles at Grand Slam tournaments: eight times the Australian Open, five times Wimbledon, three times the US Open and once Roland Garros. He is one of five tennis players in the Open era who have won a Grand Slam career. By winning Roland Garros in 2016, he became the first tennis player, after Rod Laver in 1969, to win all four Grand Slam tournaments in a row, and the only one to achieve that on three different surfaces. He holds the record for trophies won at the Australian Open and is the only one to have triumphed three times in a row in the Open era. He also holds the record for earnings from the men's singles tournament.

He won five Masters Cup titles and was the only one to triumph four times in a row. Djokovic is the first and only player to win all nine tournaments in the ATP Masters 1000 series, the only one to have won all 1000 Masters at least twice. He has won a total of thirty-five tournaments in this category, shares a record with Rafael Nadal and has won six in one season. what is the recorder. He won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Together with his teammates from the Serbian national team, he won the title in the Davis Cup in 2010 and in the ATP Cup in 2020.

He achieved one of the biggest rivalries in the history of tennis with Rafael Nadal. They played a record number of duels in the Open era and the longest Grand Slam final in Melbourne in 2012. Djokovic's rivalry with Roger Federer was also noticed, against whom he played in a record seventeen mutual duels in Grand Slam tournaments and a record eleven semifinals.

In addition to being proclaimed the best athlete and tennis player in Serbia and the world, Djokovic was awarded the Order of Karadjordj's Star, the Order of Saint Sava from the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Order of the Republic of Srpska. Also, Novak is the creator of the idea of ​​the "Novak Djokovic" Foundation, which is actively involved in providing assistance to children in socially endangered areas, as well as other humanitarian actions.

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Novak jeste pogrešio, ali:

  1. Nije bilo u besu.
  2. Nije bilo namerno.
  3. Nije bila brza loptica.
  4. Nije izazvalo ozbiljne povrede.
  5. Ne postoji u pravilima obaveza diskvalifikacije, sudija odlučuje.
  6. Linijski sudija nije obraćao pažnju na lopticu, a to je zadatak linijskog sudije. Dobacivanje loptice je znak dobre volje tenisera kada menjaju loptice.
  7. Novak je odmah prišao linijskom sudiji da pomogne, vidi kako je, izvinio se.
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Sve tacno.. ali eto. Broj jedan je uvek na target-u.

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Opšte je poznato da Novak nije po ukusu ATP-a zbog toga što je kritičan prema njihovom sistemu. Prebrodiće on, a i mi zajedno s njim, ovu diskvalifikaciju i nepravdu i uveren sam da će osvojiti bar sledećih 10 slemova. Podrška za Novaka Djokovica!

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Podrska! 👍

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Dan nakon incidenta navijači srpskog tenisača su na Instagramu pronašli gospođu koju je Đoković pogodio i brutalno je vrijeđali, a Novak ih je pozvao da ju podrže jer nije napravila ništa loše To samo govori koliko je Novak veliki i pravi sportista,

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iako se moze emotivno posmatrati to mu dodje kao da ja bacim cekic kroz prozor a on padne nekom na glavu, razumem i njega ali iskreno razumem i podrzavam odluku jer bi se slicne stvari sve cesce ponavljale i polako bi se gubila kontrola nad ponasanjem igraca

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Ostao je bez šanse da se bori za 18. grend slem koji je po igri zaslužio, a bizarno je da mu se nije prvi put u karijeri desilo da je neoprezan pri "ispucavanju loptice". Jednom je umalo reketom pogodio arbitra na Rolan Garosu, dok mu se slična stvar kao danas "omakla" na Završnom mastersu protiv Dominika Tima.

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Sigurno mnogu loso se cuvstvuva posle ovaa diskfalifikacija, No kje pomine i toa. I samiot toa go veli. No, sekogas mora da gi vladeeme nasite cuvstva, bez razlika vo kakv situacija se naogame. Nesto ne namerno napraveno, so so golemi posledici.

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