Ten-time Australian Open champion booed off court as opponent says Serb has given sport ‘absolutely everything of his life’ for 20 years
Ten-time Australian Open champion booed off courtTen-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic has been booed off the court by some sections of the Rod Laver Arena audience after sensationally retiring hurt from his semi-final againstThe Serb suffered an injury to his groin area in his quarter-final against Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz on Tuesday and took to the court with both dark tape and a white bandage enveloping his upper thigh.
“Medications, and this strap, and the physio work helped to some extent today, but towards the end of that first set, I just started feeling more and more pain, and it was too much to handle for me at the moment. So, yeah, unfortunate ending, but I tried.”, the 37-year-old was non-committal. “I don’t know, there is a chance. Who knows? I’ll just have to see how the season goes,” he said.
Despite the ailment, Djokovic looked close to his best across 81 minutes in a taxing first set, won narrowly by the German in a tie-break 7-5. But after missing a volley to hand Zverev the set, the Serb walked over to the other side of the court and embraced the second seed.boos from some sections of the crowd, who had paid hundreds of dollars for tickets. Djokovic raised his arms and gave two thumbs-up gestures.
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