‘I care a lot about him’: Ex-tennis ace worries Djokovic has anger points as Serb poet says US Open would not oust Nadal, Federer

Former high 5 tennis participant Daniela Hantuchova has warned that Novak Djokovic’s US Open exit for injuring a line choose was an instance of when his “anger comes uncontrolled”, including that his timing is “not getting it proper”.

Former Grand Slam semi-finalist Hantuchova watched in horror as Djokovic hit an official by firing a ball behind the court docket throughout his quarter-final in New York, the place he was disqualified by event leaders after a prolonged debate with them on the internet.

Scorching on the heels of a summer season during which he has been extensively criticized for holding occasions throughout the pandemic and forming a breakaway gamers’ union, Djokovic has confronted public shame because the fiasco on Sunday.

“It appears like generally the anger comes uncontrolled,”  rued Hantuchova, talking in her function as an analyst on Amazon Prime.

“I care a lot about him and respect the whole lot he’s doing for our sport however I simply hope there’s a lesson to be realized, even when this one got here on the worst doable time.

“Just about the one factor standing between him and an 18th Grand Slam title was himself, with all my respect to the opposite gamers.”

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Djokovic was derided after his Adria Tour occasions in Serbia and Croatia in June resulted in a number of gamers and different professionals testing constructive for COVID-19.

The matches have been held with out the sort of well being measures which were carried out in public areas in lots of components of the world throughout the pandemic, with Djokovic taking part in soccer, visiting a nightclub and embracing his fellow stars and members of the general public.

“So many instances he has the best intentions,” insisted Hantuchova. “It’s simply with the timing he’s not getting it proper, just like the Adria Tour.

“There’s no drawback with operating an exhibition tour like that, simply not when the entire world stops. Similar with the ATP stuff. Certain, issues want to alter – however not proper now.”

Few have argued with the choice to dismiss Djokovic from the event, however the tennis nice has a shock supporter in Serbian poet and author Matija Beckovic.

In an interview with Hey!, the 80-year-old stated that the Grand Slam had “disqualified itself greater than him with that call.”

“I do not consider that in an identical state of affairs they’d do it to another person, and particularly to not Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal,” he elaborated. “Novak Djokovic has all the time been above everybody and above the whole lot, so he’ll keep that means.

“The Individuals will be unable to take that away due to one ball. He went too excessive to be dragged to the bottom.

“Our world does probably not perceive tennis, neither is it our nationwide sport. However our world noticed his matches as squares during which we favored to see ourselves and the way we might look when hit one on one in these conflicts.

“I’m satisfied that our Novak will come out of the whole lot even stronger.”

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