Many of the Australian fans present this morning on the Rod Laver Arena for the Novak Djokovici – Alexander Zverev duel, from the Australian Open semifinals, whistled and humiliated the Serb due to abandonment. It is a new ugly episode between Serbian tennis player and Australia, the country where it had the biggest successes, but also the greatest disappointments.
Winner of 10 editions in Melbourne, Novak Djokovici should have been a symbol for Australians, as is Nadal at Roland Garros or Roger Federer at Wimbledon. But Nole had unfair things in the antipodes, from the authorities, journalists or even the organizers, who scheduled the match with Alexander Zvez in the middle of the day, although the dispute was much more interesting than that between Sinner and Shelton.
All these things led to a constant cooling of the relationship between him and the fans of Melbourne. Novak Djokovici came out of the arena accompanied by a choir of whistles and whistles, the spectators being unhappy that they paid huge amounts to see a show that lasted around.
Novak Djokovici, stopped by an injury to the Australian Open. Photo Getty Images
“The Australian public should be ashamed!”is the title given by the journalists from We Love Tennis after today’s episode. “Australian fans have often been quoted as a real example of fair play. We called him a knowledgeable audience. This night, when Djokovici was forced to stop the show, the audience could not help but whistled on the Serb when he left the court, although he is the king of this arena.
During his interview on the field, after qualifying for the third final of Grand Slam, Sascha Zverev defended his colleague, but the evil had already been done. After the Covid -19 period and his “imprisonment”, after this year’s story with the journalist from Channel 9, the love between Australia and Novak Djokovici seems to be a old memory“write the French.
A little respect for the 10 trophies won at Melbourne
Among the most vehement contestants of the Australian public was the former player John Millman. “The fans were the subject of many questions and rightly so. I think everything is a little chaotic, but some of their behavior has exceeded the limit, and this is the climax for me. This man has won the tournament 10 times, you have to have a little respect.
It is one of the largest of all time, certainly the largest on this land. So I am not interested in how much you paid for your ticket, you have to show respect ”said Australian Millman. The ugly scenes spent at the end of the match between Djokovici and Zverev also countered Croata Jelena Dokic, former number 4 WTA:
“If he decided he could not play, then he could play”.
