He would have most likely ended up winning more grand slams than Nadal and Federer if he’d won the title here 
Unbelievable
Unbelievable
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Disqualified for that? I remember Henman hitting a ballgirl much harder and he didn't get disqualified.
Harsh.
Novak's gone home without doing the presser. He may release a statement?
Should have said something to be honest and try to put it to bed.
Should have said something to be honest and try to put it to bed.
Yes he was.....
Henman was disqualified in 1995 for hitting a ballgirl if that's the incident you mean. Djokovic didn't hit it that hard and there's an aspect of tennis where the punishment is dependant on the result (the ball goes a foot either side and he gets a warning at most) but it's hard to sympathise with him generally and if you hit someone when hitting the ball away in frustration you usually get defaulted.
Henman was disqualified? I'm a forgetful idiot!
He did, I never saw it but he's mentioned it on Prime Video
hmm, from the conversation between the supervisor and the camerman, it seems whether an injury occured or not does affect the ruling. The lineswoman today was injured.
Not expressing an opinion either way, as it's hard to get a true sense from any telly angle, but this angle does suggest the strike of the ball was a bit heavier than previously seen.
Trying to figure this one out, as someone completely unfamiliar with it all. Basically, there's a rule that says 'if you feck about and you accidentally hurt someone, that's the end of your tournament'? If so, that seems pretty clear. The fact lots of players feck about regularly and are lucky enough not to hurt anyone is not a defence.
What a melt - even if it was essentially brutally bad luck. Theres no doubt in mind every player on the tour has lucked out of some slight anger ball missing another body.
He's not having the best of summers. But he's hardly some massive villain that some now paint.
He's not having the best of summers. But he's hardly some massive villain that some now paint.
I think she was planted by Federer/Nadal and dived into it. Gave an Oscar-worthy performance that Meryl Streep would have been proud of 
He did, doubles match he was playing was ended there and then. Nalbandian and Denis Shapalaov also been disqualified from big games in recent times.
Rules are rules but personally I'd just give the other player the set in that situation if the lines person that is hit is o.k.
Fancy Medvedev to win this now after his run last year. Would love to see Thiem win aswell. Felix winning the title would be great for Tennis in the long run as then you have the next superstar to market for the next 10 years.
Even though you don't want it in these circumstances Tennis desperately needs some new champions to promote so we'll get one here.
Nadal hasn’t. Never seen him break a racquet or show any emotion like that.
Disqualified for that? Ok then.
I thought Neymar was ball ball for a minute with such a spectacular tumbleI think she was planted by Federer/Nadal and dived into it. Gave an Oscar-worthy performance that Meryl Streep would have been proud of
We do not know any of these guys so our opinions can be misplaced but based on everything I have seen and read, Nadal is genuinely a nice family guy.
With Djokovic here, he was trying to engineer a coup against the ATP and the USO, there is no way they would go easy on him.
Also, he has previous and has not shown any inclination to change
From the BBC article on the sequence of events; looks like he was boiling over well before the actual incident.
Djokovic had been playing well up until the game where he lost serve and had three set points at 5-4 before Carreno Busta fought back from 0-40 down.
However, the world number one also showed a flash of his temper during that game by whacking a ball into a sideboard after the Spaniard brought it back to deuce.
Leon Smith, Great Britain's Davis Cup captain, said he was "surprised" Djokovic did not get a warning for that incident, and felt one might have prevented the controversy which followed.
After Djokovic was defaulted, Smith added: "There has to be consistency, if someone hits a ball with that much venom and temper, call a warning.
"The second one can be dangerous and so it proved to be."
Djokovic had been playing well up until the game where he lost serve and had three set points at 5-4 before Carreno Busta fought back from 0-40 down.
However, the world number one also showed a flash of his temper during that game by whacking a ball into a sideboard after the Spaniard brought it back to deuce.
Leon Smith, Great Britain's Davis Cup captain, said he was "surprised" Djokovic did not get a warning for that incident, and felt one might have prevented the controversy which followed.
After Djokovic was defaulted, Smith added: "There has to be consistency, if someone hits a ball with that much venom and temper, call a warning.
"The second one can be dangerous and so it proved to be."
Not sure how Nadal is off the court. But he never lets his emotion get the better of him on it. Djokovic did what basically on court most players would do which is let the anger get the better of him. Just giving Nadal credit he’s never broken a racquet or even hit a ball in anger. Which is amazing as even the most mild players that you don’t expect from have had rages. Djokovics opponent PCB had amazing breakdown a few years ago.
That’s nothing blah about it. The rules are pretty simple. You hit an umpire and you’re out. Doesn’t matter if he intended it.Disqualified for that? Ok then.
Exactly.
Every tennis professional that has made a comment so far agrees that this was a clear disqualification.
I didn't quite understand why this was such a big deal. I thought I had seen players do that loads of times. But they hit the ball into the ground and softly. Seems common sense to not hit the ball in the air like that, back towards where there are ball boys/girls and lines people for the specific reason it could hurt someone.
Same with Sampras. Same with Federer. They rarely show their emotion.
Tennis player in losing their rag shocker. Some people are going on about it like he murdered someone in cold blood. Wise up.
Almost as serious as that time Ashley Williams did an attempted murder on RVP by kicking the ball at his head.
His PR likes to cultivate a certain image but Federer certainly shows his emotions, and used to do it frequently until 2010 or so. In fact, he had a reputation of an angry streak when he was younger and used to break/throw rackets frequently.
He has calmed down in the last few years though.
Anyway big chance for a player now. Tsitipas must be so pissed now because those missed match points are looking far worse now because Djokovic was on his side of the draw.
I fancied Thiem before the tournament. Still going with him even though the way he lost at Cincinnati was embarrassing and he’s got a tough game tomorrow.
I fancied Thiem before the tournament. Still going with him even though the way he lost at Cincinnati was embarrassing and he’s got a tough game tomorrow.
I didn’t know getting hit in the throat made your legs not work anymore
Yep. It's not like this regularly happens by accident.
Good apology I think though (was posted a bit above).
Post a clip of someone hammering a tennis ball into your throat so we can be sure.I didn’t know getting hit in the throat made your legs not work anymore
Sure rules are rules but from watching the clip it really doesn't look that bad.
Well, he can not complain.
I am happy because this particular rule was made for c**nts like him. He made a mockery of himself in the last months. This has been a fitting continuation for him.
I am happy because this particular rule was made for c**nts like him. He made a mockery of himself in the last months. This has been a fitting continuation for him.
It looks much worse from some of the other angles, the top down view looks a lot harder than the first one I saw
Good lesson for players not to throw a tantrum and act moronic as if they`re alone on the court. It`s the same in football, if you make a dangerous and reckless tackle you get sent off even if the other player did not necessarily get injured.
Dozed off last night so missed this live.
Just seen it for the first time and my first reaction was he hasn't hit it nearly as hard as I imagined, although when I heard it described as 'hit the ball behind him' I suppose it is difficult to generate massive power.
Having said that it's 100% the correct decision.
That kind of petulance cannot be allowed on the court at any level, it's one thing slamming your racket in to the ground, or even the ball but as soon as you do anything that risks involving anyone else like that, you have to accept the consequences.
I'd like to say he'll learn from this but history suggests he won't.
It's nowhere near on the scale of Shapovalov's when he struck the umpire, that was an absolute rocket but definitely correct to disqualify him.
Just seen it for the first time and my first reaction was he hasn't hit it nearly as hard as I imagined, although when I heard it described as 'hit the ball behind him' I suppose it is difficult to generate massive power.
Having said that it's 100% the correct decision.
That kind of petulance cannot be allowed on the court at any level, it's one thing slamming your racket in to the ground, or even the ball but as soon as you do anything that risks involving anyone else like that, you have to accept the consequences.
I'd like to say he'll learn from this but history suggests he won't.
It's nowhere near on the scale of Shapovalov's when he struck the umpire, that was an absolute rocket but definitely correct to disqualify him.
His attitude stinks always has done on court. Federer and Nadal are far greater in my opinion, I've watched all 3 for their whole careers.
That pc above says it all about him, stunning player cnut of a bloke, again imo.
That pc above says it all about him, stunning player cnut of a bloke, again imo.