I think that somebody can beat him in the moment when nobody expect. Like 2017, when he faced Istomin in the 2nd round and he lost the match in 5 sets, which was very untipical for player like Djokovic to loose that kind of match against an opponent nearly to 100 place in the world then. This can be done again.
The other player, who can stop him is Thiem in my opinion, who was really near to the win against him in the Australian Open final this year. He was leading 2-1 sets, but did not manage to finish the match in 4 sets. If they face against this time in the final, it will be equaled match, but I don't know in what form is Thiem at the moment and can not bet if he will go to the final after 6 month without playing.
The other player, who can stop him is Thiem in my opinion, who was really near to the win against him in the Australian Open final this year. He was leading 2-1 sets, but did not manage to finish the match in 4 sets. If they face against this time in the final, it will be equaled match, but I don't know in what form is Thiem at the moment and can not bet if he will go to the final after 6 month without playing.
In his match against Edmund in the 2nd was seen that if someone want to stop him, must play as Edmund in the first set, but not only in one set as the British player played. You have to be very aggressive and to put the ball always deep to the base line and the first serve should be on the highest level and that play should be for consecutive sets and hours, but the other question is there anybody who can do that for so long time. That is the only way now to stop Djokovic and Bautista Agut showed it in Cincinati last week, but the luck was against him in that match, but he was closer.
Yes that was hilarious. Novak Djokovic in frustration hit a ball that hit a line judge on the neck. He was defaulted from the tournament as a result. Maybe karma truly is a "female dog in heat" for having his party where he contracted Covid19. ;-)
Being Canadian I am hoping that either Denis Shapovalov, Felix Auger Aliassime or even better Vasek Pospisil will win the US Open. 🙂
Being Canadian I am hoping that either Denis Shapovalov, Felix Auger Aliassime or even better Vasek Pospisil will win the US Open. 🙂
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I just watched the whole replay of what happened in that match vs Careno-Busta. At 5-5 in the 1st set with the score 0-15, Djokovic slipped and landed on his left hand, wrenching his shoulder in the process. He called for a trainer and after the injury break, at 0-30 he went on to lose that game 15 --- umm 50 I guess....Never thought how they score the winning point when the score is at 40 lol. Anyways with the games at 5-6 for Careno-Busta, Djokovic obviosuly frustrated with how things were going, then hit a ball to his left and hit a female line judge in the neck. Djokovic was obviously in trouble in the match and might have had to retire anyways due to his left shoulder being injured. Careno-Busta was also playing very well before Djokovic slipped. Djokovic has had similar incidents in the past that were also unintentional but where he failed to control his emotions and placed others nearby in physical danger as a result of his actions. Djokovic for sure did not mean to hurt the line judge, however I have never seen a professional tennis player hit a ball with some force as Djokovic did, towards any line judge or ball boy/girl. Denis Shapovalov in frustration in his first year when I believe he was 17 yrs old, did hit the official judge seated in the chair beside the middle of the court in the eye. The official required surgery which Shapo offered to and did pay for. Shapo also lost that match by default. The rules are clear. It does not matter if there was intention or not. If you choose to allow your emotions to rule your actions, you are responsible. Four points before this incident, Djokovic hit another ball in anger into a side fence. Novak tried to argue his side in his defense but what is troubling is that it took 16 minutes before the Officials actually came to the final decision that Djokovic would suffer the Default/Loss as a result of his actions. This was a black and white matter. This should not have taken any longer than 2-3 minutes and 5 at the most. What is very strange is that the Officials could not, under the rules, review a video replay for this incident. That makes zero sense. The Officials were also wrong in stating that because the line judge had to be removed from the court and treated, that Novak had to lose by default. It in fact does not matter if anyone was actually hurt or not. The actions of the player, as per the rules, are what should make these decisions fairly easy to make. It does not matter how good that player is.
As good as Djokovic is as one of, and possibly the best players tennis has ever seen, he needs some anger management help.
As good as Djokovic is as one of, and possibly the best players tennis has ever seen, he needs some anger management help.
Michel_11 said:
ahahahaha. So true, but to be honest I expected someone to beat him and especially in the match against Edmund when he faced a lot of issues and yesterdays match against Busta could be the same, but to be eliminated in that kind of way, that was the last thing I have imagine.😀😀😀😀
94EXPOS said:
I am totally agree that if the rules are saying that if a player hits somebody with the ball outside a play, never mind it is intentional or not, have to be disqualified. But that rule must be followed for every player, because last week Bedene made similar thing and showed similar behavior and did not receive penalty. Last year, Serena Williams was cursing the umpire 10 minutes and showed awful behavior and was not eliminated by default. She just lost one game. Rules are for everybody, but must be followed for everybody. That was the thing, which made a lot of people frustrated, because Djokovic was little damaged. Pretty severe penalty.
Novak fell out of the US open in a very unfortunate situation. I think young, emerging players still have no chance against it. Roland Garros is coming soon, where I think Rafael Nadal has a great chance, I think he is the only one who can beat.
