Novak Djokovic, who has won $196 million in career prize money, was just fined after getting kicked out of the US Open.
Novak Djokovic checks on a US Open lineswoman after hitting her with a ball, sparking his default.
"What was explained to me [after arriving on-court] was that after Novak Djokovic lost the point, he took a ball out of his pocket, hit it recklessly and angrily, at the back and hit the line umpire on the throat., she went to the ground and we had to take care of her. The facts were discussed or explained by the chair umpire and the grand slam supervisor.
"In this situation, it's especially important that we are 100 per cent sure of exactly what happened, especially since I was in the referee's office. "But the facts were established and then I had to talk to Novak Djokovic, gave him the chance also to state his point of view, and based on the facts that the ball was hit angrily, recklessly, that it went straight at the line umpire's throat, the line umpire was clearly hurt and in pain, the decision was made that Novak had to be defaulted."His [Djokovic's] point was that he didn't hit the line umpire intentionally.
"He said yes, I was angry, I hit the ball, I hit the line umpire, the facts are very clear, but it wasn't my intent, I didn't do it on purpose, so I shouldn't be defaulted for that."
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