Djokovic disqualified from the US Open for hitting a lines woman in the throat.

[Service Ace]

In his match just now against PCB, Novak hit a ball behind him without looking, tagged a lines woman in the throat. Out of the US Open. Discuss.

 

[TheNachoMan]

Imagine being so good at tennis that you can only lose to yourself.

Not sure if inspirational or depressing

 

[Newballs]

Wow...
Finally some drama!

 

[Nadalgaenger]

Lol rushing to create “official” thread

 

[Fabresque]

Imagine being so obsessed with a professional tennis player that your first instinct seconds after something happens to him you make a thread

 

[Nadalgaenger]

Surprised this hasn’t crashed the site already

 

[bhpower]

What a way to waste an slam
Well disqualified though.

 

[ND-13]

Unfortunate.

But this was coming .

It was the right decision though.

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

 

[darrinbaker00]

That’s the right call. No player is above the rules.

 

[haqq777]

Is this a joke? Sorry, not near TV. I gotta check this out.

 

[Nadalgaenger]

Zverev popping champagne! With Fedal

 

[bhpower]

Big asterisc for a new slam winner.

 

[clayqueen]

Can’t believe what I just saw! Djokovic OUT of the USO!

 

[beard]

Good call, Novak deserved disqualification... Hope he will learn a lesson...

 

[Frylock]

Men i feel sad for him. We have a new major champ next sunday.

 

[Uncoil]

Bye Novak

 

[Jack the Hack]

It was the right call by the rules. Very unfortunate for Djokovic.

Now the tournament is wide open.

 

[ND-13]

Nature of injury, ranking of injury does not come into play - Right decision was made.

It hurts badly as this major was for the taking.

Come back stronger for RG, Novak...

Double Career Slam after the double masters slam incoming.

 

[kailash]

Fortunately the previous shot that Djokovic hit to the wall did not hit anyone. That had the potential to knock off anyone!!

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

PCB to win his first slam

 

[Nadalgaenger]

Undefeated season/win streak ended by a BS decision...

 

[Mr.Lob]

Just saw the replay. She flopped....or it was a bullseye on her Adams apple.
Second look....didn't look like he hit the ball hard enough to have linesperson helped off court.

 

[UnforcedTerror]

It was said nobody can beat Djokovic at USO 2020 except Djokovic himself, and he actually did it. Wow.

 

[weakera]

Two things can be true:

1. Djokovic did not have intent to harm
2. Djokovic is a hot headed moron who brought this on himself

If it was my call, I would not have DQ'd Nole but we reap what we sow. He let himself and his fans down.

 

[Kozzy]

Anyone else would've been disqualified too - it was appropriate, even though he definitely did not mean to do it. He almost took out the sound guy a game earlier.

 

[nov]

Federer gods keep trying to save him. Unbelievable.

 

[Uncoil]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1302700998360797185

 

[darrinbaker00]

Men i feel sad for him. We have a new major champ next sunday.

Sad for him? The lineswoman was the one who was helped off the court because Novak couldn’t control his anger.

 

[nov]

He didnt to that intentionally, there is no point actually do this intentionally.

 

[BeatlesFan]

The last time an ATG was defaulted from a slam was in 1990 when McEnroe was booted from the AO.... 30 years ago.

 

[OldschoolKIaus]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

 

[el__zopilote]

Novak never loses when he chokes— only when the lines person does.

 

[weakera]

I will not consider this a genuine slam lol. I don't care who wins. All the big-3 MIA while still playing at high levels. This isn't even worth 0.5 slams. MAYBE 0.25.

 

[jm1980]

Novak needs to stop doing stuff like this. He's been lucky tbh

But what a terrible way to lose here

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

Djokovic fans booting the TTW servers offline

 

[PDJ]

Lordy, assumed it was a wind up.
Wow!

 

[burma_shave]

Totally the right decision. Should have been made swiftly though, without the chit-chat with Djoko. What a diva.

 

[BeatlesFan]

He didnt to that intentionally, there is no point actually do this intentionally.

Immaterial and doesn't excuse it. Shapo hit a ball accidentally at the chair and the ump almost lost his eye.

 

[Holdfast44ID]

Just happened to hit her in a sensitive spot in the throat. It would set a bad precedent if they didn't default him. Unfortunate, all the way around.

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[AWM]

 

[Lleytonstation]

This is trash. Should not have been disqualified. Utter trash.

 

[RaulRamirez]

This stinks, but I can't vehemently disagree with the decision. I love Novak, but he has to control those bursts of temper better. I was hoping he'd get a game penalty, or something short of a DQ.

 

[Nadalgaenger]

Could this save Slam Record for Roger? Magical overacting line judge!

 

[Indigo]

That is another "intervention" from the heaven or from the under world (pick your side) together with COVID-19 to keep Roger Federer as the leader in number of GS titles. This is totally bad decision by the judges for the unfortunate and unintentional hit of lines person by Novak. Idiotic decision. But Novak got his karma back for all the things he did lately.

 

[Nadalgaenger]

 

[The Green Mile]

Wow, kind of a long time coming tbh, though I still hardly believe it jesus...

 

[daggerman]

Novak only has himself to blame for this. I hope the woman he hit is OK.

 

[MAX PLY]

Easy call. DQ. I don’t believe there’s any intent in the rule.

 

[nov]

This just made USO Open 2020 useless, will not watch this tournament no more.