Tsitsipas played a disqualification of Djokovic with one ball

Novak Djokovic he threw a wild ball under the canvas, furious because Pablo Carreno This puts him in trouble at the US Open, and he hits the neck of a linesman, who falls to the ground in pain.

The rule leaves no room for doubt: disqualification. The Serb left by the back door of Flushing Meadows.

Attacks of anger, even short-lived, can be fatal for one of the favorites. Racket breaks, protests and the occasional hit that runs away in no particular direction follow one another.

And the day that fate is elusive, punishment. he played it Stefanos Tsitsipas when he commanded 6-3, 7-6, 4-3 and 15-30 on a serve from the Czech Jiri Lehecka. Angrily passing the opponent’s forehand, he then throws the ball to the canvas, where the ball boy moves to find him.

He would have caught the ball from the boy when it hit the bottom. And Tsitsipas was left without the semifinal he eventually sealed, the option to win his first Grand Slam and rise to world number one.

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