Novak Djokovic is not having a great experience with line judges recently. The Serbian sensation has been playing some of the best tennis of his glorious career and he was stopped at the recent US Open by a very unfortunate episode.
During his match against Pablo Carreno Busta, Novak lost his cool to unwillingly hit a line judge with a ball at her throat. Novak defaulted in what was one of the most shocking and unfortunate episodes in the history of the slam.
The world no.1 repeated himself after hitting another line judge with a ball during his match against Khachanov at the French Open. Fortunately, this time the episode was part of the action, so there was no risk at all for Novak to default again and the line judge didn’t struggle soon after for the blow.
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Djokovic at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2020
Ranked world no.1, Djokovic has a 34-1 win-loss record in 2020. Novak is competing at the French Open where he managed to beat Mikael Ymer 6-0 6-2 6-3, Richard Berankis 6-1 6-2 6-2 and Daniel Elahi Galan 6-0 6-3 6-2.
Novak Djokovic will take on Khachanov in the 4th round. The head to head is 3-1 for Djokovic.
Djokovic has won 4 titles in 2020 at the Australian Open, in Dubai, in New York and in Rome.
The Serbian won 82 titles in his career: 48 on hard courts, 15 on clay courts, 13 on indoor courts and 6 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Khachanov at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2020
Currently the world no.16, the Russian has a 17-10 win-loss record in 2020. The Russian is currently playing at the French Open where he bested Kamil Majchrzak 7-63 6-3 6-3, Jiri Vesely 6-1 6-74 7-67 7-62 and Christian Garin 6-2 3-6 6-4 6-2.
Karen Khachanov will compete against Djokovic in the 4th round. The head to head is 3-1 for Djokovic.
Khachanov won 4 titles in his career: 1 on hard courts and 3 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Novak Djokovic and Karen Khachanov played each other 4 times. The head to head is 3-1 for Djokovic. The last time that they locked horns, Novak Djokovic won 6-2 6-2 in the quarter in Dubai (Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships) on the 27th of February 2020.
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