US Open statement on Djokovic incident

[TheTennisReporter]

 

[Raul_SJ]

After all the work put in to the bubble , the Tournament organizers must feel sick to their stomachs about this.

 

[Standaa]

wow

 

[Tennis_Freak99]

Ranking points??!?!?

ARE YOU FRICKIN KIDDING ME!!!

 

[jm1980]

Super weak

 

[Lleytonstation]

Well he cant lose points this year but I guess it could hurt him next year.

 

[weakera]

I don't get it, he loses 2019 points?

 

[jm1980]

Ranking points??!?!?

ARE YOU FRICKIN KIDDING ME!!!

There were 180 points so not a huge deal there

 

[Lleytonstation]

Ranking points??!?!?

ARE YOU FRICKIN KIDDING ME!!!

Will only matter for 2 weeks during next year open. He still keeps last years points. He could only gain points if he made it further this year.

 

[TheNachoMan]

Ranking points??!?!?

ARE YOU FRICKIN KIDDING ME!!!

 

[BrokenForehand]

Why lose all the points?

 

[Krish872007]

Didn’t realise you lose all ranking points and prize money, seems extreme.

 

[guanzishou]

Points and money is nothing compared to a woman's life threatened. She could have had a heart attack. She could have died.

 

[TheNachoMan]

Points and money is nothing compared to a woman's life threatened. She could have had a heart attack. She could have died.

Could have. She didn’t

I nearly fell down my stairs this morning.

 

[clayqueen]

“She doesn’t have to go to hospital for this,” Djokovic argued. “You have a game penalty, set penalty, many options. You’re going to choose a default in this situation? My career, [at a] grand slam, [on the] centre stage.”

Novak Djokovic disqualified from US Open after hitting line judge

Novak Djokovic was dramatically defaulted from the fourth round of the US Open last night after hitting a female line judge in the throat with a ball.The world No 1 from Serbia acted out of frustration, hitting the ball with his racket towards the back wall of the Arthur Ashe Stadium court after dr

www.thetimes.co.uk

 

[yossarian]

“She doesn’t have to go to hospital for this,” Djokovic argued. “You have a game penalty, set penalty, many options. You’re going to choose a default in this situation? My career, [at a] grand slam, [on the] centre stage.”

Novak Djokovic disqualified from US Open after hitting line judge

Novak Djokovic was dramatically defaulted from the fourth round of the US Open last night after hitting a female line judge in the throat with a ball.The world No 1 from Serbia acted out of frustration, hitting the ball with his racket towards the back wall of the Arthur Ashe Stadium court after dr

www.thetimes.co.uk

How about, I don't know, simply refraining from hitting a linesperson in frustration? Or is that just way too much to ask