Tennis: Novak Djokovic accused Wimbledon fans of 'disrespect' in a withering on-court tirade after reaching a 60th Grand Slam quarter-final and 15th at the All England Club.
If Mark Philippoussis was in Alex de Minaur’s shoes at Wimbledon on Wednesday night , he would be going out of his way to disarm the feisty Novak Djokovic with flattery.
“To be honest, I was doing something and then watching the match on mute, so I could see him on the change of ends doing something, and I was like, ‘OK. Something’s happening. Someone has pissed him off, which is a bad idea. You don’t want to piss off Novak’”, Philippoussis said. Perhaps it is the extended time Djokovic is spending in rehabilitation. Aussie former world No.8 Philippoussis, a finalist at Wimbledon in 2003, said the 37-year-old was spending eight to 10 hours a day on the knee in a sign of his professionalism.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic and Australia's Alex De Minaur proceed to shake hand with the umpire after their men's singles match on day eight of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 23, 2023.
MONTE-CARLO, MONACO – APRIL 12: Novak Djokovic of Serbia interacts with Alex De Minaur of Australia at the net after their quarter-final match on day six of the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters at Monte-Carlo Country Club on April 12, 2024 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. Bidding to become the 14th Australian man in the Open era to make the Wimbledon semifinals, the Sydneysider sits at a live ranking of six heading into the quarterfinals.
“Lleyton played quite similarly to Alex, so I’ve seen him only going in the right direction in terms of the improvement of his game.”The alarm bells rang shortly after 5pm on Tuesday when an alert popped up stating de Minaur had withdrawn from a tournament in Gstaad beginning next Monday. Todd Woodbridge, a Wimbledon semi-finalist in 1997, spoke to the de Minaur camp after his win over Arthur Fils and said he was assured the world No.9 would be fine.
“But I know it’s normal for the second week of Wimbledon to be feeling niggly things on your muscles because it’s tough, the grass, getting down low, coming into the net. The progression of de Minaur, who has made the last eight at successive grand slams after runs to the fourth round at the Australian and US Opens, has been noted.
LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 08: Novak Djokovic of Serbia plays a backhand against Holger Rune of Denmark in his Gentlemen's Singles fourth round match during day eight of The Championships Wimbledon 2024 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 08, 2024 in London, England. Haas, a former world No.2 who made three Australian Open semifinalists and is now the tournament director at Indian Wells, said de Minaur was all class.
The doubles champion said the Davis Cup star should attempt to move Djokovic around as much as possible, to drop shot him and then double-foot him, saying that it was imperative de Minaur put the legend’s knee to the test. “The other part is working out how you’re going to make Novak move. You have got to test him all the time with his movement. Alex is a great mover.
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