Tennis star Novak Djokovic defends the line judge he hit after his disqualification at the US Open.
Tennis star Novak Djokovic (33) defends the line judge he hit after his disqualification at the US Open. You didn't do anything wrong and he asked his fans to support the woman. "Please remember that the linesman who was hit by the ball last night also needs our support", so the world number one on Twitter.
After his exclusion from the Grand Slam tournament in New York, his fans had made their anger public on the net and accused and insulted the linesman.
Heavy fine
The world number one hit a ball backwards out of anger on Sunday evening after a lost service game in the first set of the round of 16 against Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta (29). He accidentally hit a US line judge in the larynx, who then fell to the ground with difficulty breathing.
Because the action falls under "ball abuse" and "unsporting behavior" according to the Grand Slam rules, Djokovic was finally excluded from the tournament. He also has to pay a fine of $ 10,000. He also had to repay his prize money of $ 250,000, according to the American tennis association USTA in a statement.