The Serbian star cruised into the Wimbledon quarter-finals with a straight-sets win over Holger Rune, but he wasn’t happy with some of his rival’s fans.
Maybe the centre court spectators were saluting Novak Djokovic’s opponent by saying his name. Maybe they were booing Djokovic, trying to rattle him. The 24-time grand slam tournament champion was sure it was the latter – and let everyone know he was not happy about it.
Rune’s supporters at tournaments often stretch out his last name, saying, “Ruuuune!” – which sounds similar to, “Booooo!” – and that happened again against Djokovic.
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