It’s been a week now, though The US Open is still going strong, particularly Novak Djokovic’s celebration after his victory in the semifinals against Ben Shelton.
The Serbian imitated his young rival’s celebrationwho makes a gesture of talking on the phone and then hangs up, something that neither Ben himself nor the public that packed the Arthur Ashe dance floor that day liked.
Not even the tennis player’s father, who recently criticized Djokovic for his attitude. “Novak wanted to laugh at Ben at the end of the match, he didn’t do it just to copy him, it was to laugh at Ben. And it’s a shame that it came from a great champion.”, he said in an interview with GQ Magazine.
Well, his words provoked a reaction from Nick Kyrgios. The Australian, who should have some kind of online controversy detector, wanted to give his particular perspective on the situation, and he did not disappoint.
As expected, the ‘bad boy’ of tennis sided with Djokovic arguing that these types of situations are good for business.
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“And? Sport is entertainment. We are not robots. More people talked about the celebration than the game“he wrote on his Twitter account.
We remember that, in his day, Shelton hit Djokovic with a stickwith elegance but made it clear that he was not threatening.
“I didn’t see him until after the game. I don’t want to see people on social media telling me how I should or shouldn’t celebrate.. “If you win a game, you deserve to do what you want,” he first commented on his attitude and freedom to do so during the tournament. Until he couldn’t because he had nothing to celebrate.
And he threw the dart at the world number 1: “As a child I was taught that imitation is the greatest form of flattery. That’s all I have to say“, he commented with a smile. With kid gloves, but with a certain hesitation in case that was Djokovic’s intention on the court.
Source: La Verdad
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