WATCH: World No.1 Novak Djokovic has apologised after being booted out of the US Open for hitting an official with a tennis ball. His response: Full story, 6.00pm on 9News
Novak Djokovic checks on a US Open lineswoman after hitting her with a ball, sparking his default.
"Players have been defaulted for less," said Darren Cahill, the veteran Australian coach who was courtside in Arthur Ashe Stadium commentating for ESPN. "I think the tournament made the right decision." "Because he was defaulted, Djokovic will lose all ranking points earned at the US Open and will be fined the prize money won at the tournament in addition to any or all fines levied with respect to the offending incident."
"If it [the ball] would have landed anywhere else - we're talking a few inches - he would have been fine."The field of the Grand Slam has been decimated due to COVID-19 and fellow icons Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are not playing.
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