{"id":289749,"date":"2023-09-06T21:34:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T21:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=289749"},"modified":"2023-09-06T21:34:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T21:34:38","slug":"novak-djokovic-loses-his-cool-with-fan-during-us-open-quarterfinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-loses-his-cool-with-fan-during-us-open-quarterfinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic loses his cool with fan during US Open quarterfinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Novak Djokovic loses his cool with a fan who called &#8216;Out!&#8217; midpoint during US Open quarterfinals match against Taylor Fritz<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The 36-year-old defeated Fritz &#8211; ATP&#8217;s No. 9 seed &#8211; in straight sets on Wednesday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Djokovic will make his 10th US Open Final appearance if he wins again on Friday\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Novak Djokovic was furious with a fan who yelled &#8216;Out!&#8217; midpoint in his quarterfinals match against Taylor Fritz on Wednesday, as the Serbian ultimately lost his focus and the rally too, shortly afterwards.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old then appeared to get into an exchange with someone in his own box as the outburst led to him losing the breakpoint and eventually the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic, however, emerged victorious against Fritz &#8211; the highest-ranked American and No. 9 seed in ATP rankings &#8211; 6-1, 6-4, 6-4, after asking for the fan to be removed from the stands.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He was actually in the box where some of my friends were. I don&#8217;t know who the guy was; but yeah, I was pretty annoyed by him at that point. I was communicating with my friends to have a little chat with him,&#8217; Djokovic said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m actually glad the crowd wants to get into it, because it means the match is interesting, that they want to be part of it, that they&#8217;re having fun. At the end of the day, they pay to come and watch you play, so we try to put on a show. &#8230; Sometimes [they] might have an interaction with the player, like this guy. I&#8217;m sorry for him, but he was really annoying at that point.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/17\/75131595-12487993-image-m-14_1694017437652.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Novak Djokovic was livid with a fan who yelled &#8216;Out!&#8217; midpoint on Wednesday at the US Open<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/17\/75131597-12487993-image-a-13_1694017433822.jpg\" height=\"355\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old Serb exchanged words with his box after losing the point to USA&#8217;s Taylor Fritz<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic then quickly brushed off any lingering feelings he may have had towards the crowd during the match by leading fans into an impromptu sing-along of the Beastie Boys&#8217; &#8216;Fight For you Right&#8217; in his postgame interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s expected, of course, that people are backing the home player. And there&#8217;s nothing wrong with that,&#8217; Djokovic said of a section of fans rooting for Fritz to beat him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I actually like the energy, like the atmosphere on center court here \u2026 people are getting into it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>With the temperature once again nudging towards 100 Fahrenheit (38 Celsius), Djokovic wasted no time in the scorching heat, breaking the 25-year-old Fritz three times before ending the first set with a booming ace. He never took his foot off the gas afterwards and won in straight sets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The fickle New York crowd has never really fully embraced the holder of the all-time record number of Grand Slams in men&#8217;s singles titles (23) and Djokovic is likely to find himself increasingly unpopular later on this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/17\/75131651-12487993-image-a-11_1694017412296.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Djokovic will go on to make his 10th US Open final appearance if he beats Ben Shelton, Friday<\/p>\n<p>Not since Andy Roddick in 2003 has an American man won the U.S. Open and the World&#8217;s current No. 2 could single-handedly dash home hopes of ending that drought.<\/p>\n<p>Having eliminated Fritz he now finds 20-year-old Shelton standing between him and a 10th trip to the final.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s normal, it&#8217;s logical to expect that most of the crowd would support the home player,&#8217; said Djokovic. &#8216;That&#8217;s probably going to be the case on Friday, but I&#8217;ll be ready for it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m trying to enjoy the moments on the court, but there is so much stress and pressure going on that it&#8217;s hard to have fun on the court.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s really about finding a way to navigate through the match and win a tennis match for me.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/article-12487993\/Novak-Djokovic-loses-cool-fan-called-midpoint-Open-quarterfinals-match-against-Taylor-Fritz.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novak Djokovic loses his cool with a fan who called &#8216;Out!&#8217; midpoint during US Open quarterfinals match against Taylor Fritz The 36-year-old defeated Fritz &#8211; ATP&#8217;s No. 9 seed &#8211; in straight sets on Wednesday Djokovic will make his 10th US Open Final appearance if he wins again on Friday\u00a0 DailyMail.com provides all the latest&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Novak Djokovic loses his cool with fan during US Open quarterfinals - Tell My Sport<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-loses-his-cool-with-fan-during-us-open-quarterfinals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Novak Djokovic loses his cool with fan during US Open quarterfinals - Tell My Sport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Novak Djokovic loses his cool with a fan who called &#8216;Out!&#8217; 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