“A lot happened tonight,” he said. Novak Djokovicwhich showed that he was biting his tongue, that he did not want to go any further on the issue of the injury to his left thigh or on his protest to the referee to throw out a spectator whom he accused of being drunk and rousing him throughout the game.
It was an intense, eventful night. Strange too, because the accumulated incidents were accompanied by an unexpected resistance shown by the French for several minutes Enzo Couacaud, At 27 years old, he is number 191 in the world, in the draw for his fourth Grand Slam after surviving the previous stage. Well, he scraped a set against the nine-time tournament champion, twenty one Grand Slam.
They gave Djokovic the night his fight, physical concern and, most of all, the annoying fan of a four wearing colors and a hat of Where’s Wally? The issue was not big as the Serbian, 35 years old and world number 5, put things to his tennis talent, winning 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-2 and 6-0 in 3h. 04′.
Next stop, Bulgarian veteran Grigor Dimitrov, who eliminated the Serb Laslo Djere by 6-3, 6-2 and 6-0. Heavyweights continue to fall in the lower part of the box where the ‘Nole’ passes: Casper Ruud, Alexander Zverev and Taylor Fritz.
“You know who he is. He’s drunk as a cuba. He’s provoking me all night. Why don’t you ask for security to come and throw him out?” Novak Djokovic angrily asked the chair umpire while pointing at the audience “who has come to provoke me since the first point. He wants to drive me crazy.” He was ahead in the fourth set 2-0, but the result did not lessen his irritation. He hired several tournament agents to invite that spectator and his companions to walk the path out of center court.
The first alarm sounded a long time ago, with 4-5 in the second set. Djokovic, who continues to strain his left leg, asked for medical time. His worried face and the worried faces of his work group helped grow more concern about the contagion effect.
Australia, the world of tennis and sports, still had a recent hip injury Rafael Nadalwho will remain out of the circuit for six to eight weeks, with the title defense ending in the second round.
However, Novak Djokovic’s future is not in danger, with the movement capacity improving after the break. He applied himself to stop Couacaud and also won his pulse to the audience whom he labeled “drunk”.
All of this was made possible because Couacaud overcame a sprained ankle going up to the net early in the match. Little did Djokovic know at the time that he would have to survive a tough night to keep his bid for a recapture of the tournament and the world number one, two goals together.
Source: La Verdad
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