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I don’t know what Djokovic is complaining about. Even if there were a few boos (and I am still not convinced there were), he won the match easily.
If anything, Rune was the player affected. The occasion clearly got to him and he played a shocker.
I think part of the issue now is Wimbledon and Centre Court have changed. The roof makes it a more intense arena which amplifies any noise. More matches go on late into the evening after the booze has been flowing. And the crowd are not all genteel types from the local tennis club anymore. At that time of night, plenty of people will have been in there on resale tickets. I used to buy those myself sometimes. It does change the atmosphere.
I believe Djokovic has a poor relationship with his next opponent, Alex De Minaur. It could be a spicy encounter, especially if De Minaur starts playing to the crowd to get them onside. Although that could backfire if it stokes up Djokovic.
“I don’t know what Djokovic is complaining about. Even if there were a few boos (and I am still not convinced there were), he won the match easily.”
I don’t think tennis players should be booed by people watching. Cheer and/or clap for good tennis but don’t disrespect either of the players playing.
I’ve watched tennis for a long time and crowds have definitely gotten more vocal shall we say in the last decade or so and not necessarily in a good way with the shouting the chanting the disrespect from a section of the crowd and players having to wait and serve until they’ve shut up.
“Crowds have definitely gotten more vocal”.
They have but the players said they wanted it that way. Previously Wimbledon used to be criticised for being too posh and reserved.
If you are playing late at night under a roof, the atmosphere is going to get a bit raucous sometimes.
Djokovic made too much of it. He won the match easily, he has something like 24 major titles to his name and he is worried about a few people booing?
If anything, the worst behaviour on Centre Court yesterday was from Taylor Fritz’s extended entourage. I have seen football terraces that were quieter. His “influencer” girlfriend posting stuff on social media after the match was not exactly classy either.
Rishi Persad bought it up in the interview otherwise I don’t think Djokovic would have said anything, he reacted to Persad’s comment.
The more I know the less I understand.
“They have but the players said they wanted it that way. Previously Wimbledon used to be criticised for being too posh and reserved.”
As i said in my previous post being more vocal doesn’t mean certain parts of the crowd have to be disrespectful like booing a player. And RTB is right Novak only called it out coz Rishi mentioned it. He also thanked the crowd who were respectful for coming and showing their support.
I agree Persad kind of pushed him into it. Another reason why these on court interviews in the immediate aftermath of a match and when emotions are running high are not a good idea.
But I still think Djokovic is mistaken. The noise was mostly people calling out Rune’s name in the same tedious way they do about Joe Root and Luke Donald. It was not particularly helpful (certainly not to Rune, given the scoreline) but it was not booing at Djokovic.
As I say, Centre Court is not the same now. A late night crowd under the roof – the atmosphere is going to get lively. Players need to get used to it.
I think Djokovic believes the Wimbledon crowd always favoured Murray, Federer and Nadal over him. Perhaps they did – and I don’t think those three were always angels, Federer in particular – but Djokovic certainly has a chip on his shoulder about it.
ive placed a LAY bet on Djokovic, he hasn’t played a dangerous opponent yet. In my experience he often loses the first set, this will compound the difficulty of NDs task. Greatest player but he faces his toughest challenge this Wimbledon. He’s a quirky character …that won’t change.
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“consistency is the secret of success”I agree CAS I initially thought it was booing but soon clicked what was going on. I’m not sure if Djokovic clicked as well I think he did eventually but the crowd realised how he had interpreted it and I suspect some did start booing, I think the umpire should have acted although short of removing the offenders I don’t know how they could have stopped it.
The more I know the less I understand.
I don’t think they could. So many people were doing it that the stewards would never have been able to remove everyone. It would have only caused trouble.
“But I still think Djokovic is mistaken.”
Since the person who was at the US Open when they played mentioned hearing booos amongst the Rooons i would tend to believe it.
Novak said in his press conference there isn’t a lot that can be done when the crowd react like that when asked if crowd members should be removed. He added it is normal for sections of a crowd to support one player over another however if the reactions from members in the crowd overstep the mark he is going to react.
Djokovic has long understood he is unlikely to be the crowd favourite. He addressed it when beating Tsonga in the Australian Open many years ago. He was gracious saying he knew they all wanted Wilfrid to win. As usual he seemed able to channel it very successfully.
I think he misinterpreted it against Rune but it was easy to misunderstand the intention.
Whilst Nick Kyrgios’s gangster clothes may be expensive I think the BBC need to say smarten up or take your chav garb back to the back streets of New York.
The more I know the less I understand.
I would be a little bit miffed if I had a Centre Court ticket today.
Nothing can be done about Alex De Minaur being injured and having to forfeit the match against Djokovic. But it meant the crowd got 1 hour of Rybakina winning easily, followed by doubles matches.
Doubles can be entertaining but if you had a Centre Court ticket for the second Wednesday, you would usually be expecting to see a few big names.
I expect resale tickets into Centre became available quite early.
Doubles would be fine if the players didn’t keep high fiving, fist touching, ass rubbing or whatever they do after every point regardless if they won it or not. I cannot watch it anymore.
The more I know the less I understand.
“Doubles would be fine if the players didn’t keep high fiving, fist touching, ass rubbing or whatever they do after every point regardless if they won it or not. I cannot watch it anymore.”
Funny you should say that, not a fan of players that do the fist pumping and/or ‘come on’ like shouting early. That’s why I don’t care much for players like Alcaraz and Paolini and Paolini’s opponent today even though I respect them as tennis players.
I’m with you onthat RTB, every single doubles player now touch
hands with their partner after every point regardless if they
have won or lost the point. And what the hell is this whispering
behind 3 balls before every point, do they think the other team
or their coach has a laser microphone. A tennis court is 78 feet
long and to be honest nobody gives a damn what they’re saying anyway.
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