Despite his qualification for the quarter-finals of the Masters 1000 in Rome, Novak Djokovic had it bad on Tuesday. In question, a volley from Cameron Norrie right in the ankles, while the Serb, knowing the point lost after a bad dismissal, turned his back on the action and lost interest in the volley of the Briton.
This one moreover apologized immediately for this (a priori) involuntary gesture, Djoko did not pass the towel if we are to believe the dark looks he threw at him until the end. end of the game. Asked at a press conference after his victory, the world number 1 was very upset.
“He has the right to take an MTO (medical time-out), to hit on a player, to tell me ‘come on !‘ to the face after more or less each point. It’s not fair play, it’s not how we behave with each other. But it’s allowed,” Djokovic said.
“Cameron is a very nice guy off the court so I don’t understand that kind of attitude on the court. But it’s like that. He set the fire and I answered. I’m not going to let anyone behave like this and hang their heads. I will answer,” he concluded. In the quarter-finals, the “Djoker” will be opposed to Holger Rune, one of the members of the new generation with a boiling hot temper. To have