Novak Djokovic is one of the most gracious players on and off the court. The Serbian legend is capable of dealing with all sorts of adversities with his incredible mental strength. Novak impressed during the last triumph in Wimbledon when he defeated an inspired Roger Federer and a rather hostile crowd before winning an impossible match.
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The injury and confrontation at the US Open
The world no.1 is having a tough moment at the Flushing Meadows as he is clearly struggling with a problem to his left should that is affecting his serve and backhand. Djokovic had even some doubts about the opportunity to nd his 2nd round match against Londero. Eventually, Djokovic defeated the Argentine in straight sets, and he also dismissed Denis Kudla in straight sets in the 3rd round.
However, it’s clear that Nole needs to deal with nerves and during a midnight training at the US Open, he stopped his training to confront a fan that was probably not very “nice” with him. It was filmed that Nole was rather menacing with this guy to say: “Trust me, I’ll come find you.”
During the press conference following his victorious 3rd round match, Nole was asked about what happened during the exchange, and he played everything down saying: “[We had just] Just had a little chat (smiling).”
Later Novak refused to elaborate on what has happened to say:
“I’m not going to talk about it. I think he did me a favor. Even maybe he didn’t want to do me a favour, he did me a favour, big favour.”
Oh wow.. Djokovic getting into a tiff with one of the fans in the middle of his warm-up. Not happy with something that was said. @BenRothenberg @bgtennisnation pic.twitter.com/cAXeMpj6s0
— Sridhar Natarajan (@sridinats) August 31, 2019
He asked for a photo of that fan to be provided to him (while that person was being led away I presume). pic.twitter.com/yj6elVJeAl
— Sridhar Natarajan (@sridinats) August 31, 2019
Djokovic at the U.S. Open ranking, and results in 2019
Currently the world no.1, Novak has a 41-7 win-loss record in 2019. Novak is currently playing at the U.S. Open where he defeated Roberto Carballes Baena 6-4 6-1 6-4, Juan Ignacio Londero 6-4 7-63 6-1 and Denis Kudla 6-3 6-4 6-2.
Djokovic will take on Wawrinka in the 4th round. The head to head is 20-5 for Djokovic.
The last time that they played, he won 6-71 6-4 7-5 6-3 in the final in New York on September 2016.
The Serbian clinched 3 titles in 2019 in at the Australian Open, in Madrid and in Wimbledon. Novak was the finalist in Rome.
Djokovic won 75 titles in his career. 43 on hard courts, 14 on clay courts, 12 on indoor courts and 6 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
