Norrie has no plans to change strategy after Djokovic accuses him of lack of truthful play
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ameron Norrie has no intention of adjusting his strategy after being accused by Novak Djokovic of crossing the boundaries of truthful play.
The pair had a feisty trade on the final 16 of the Italian Open earlier this month wherein Norrie hit Djokovic with an overhead after the Serbian had turned his again.
The 22-time Grand Slam champion was riled by that in addition to his opponent’s repeated fist bumps and his medical timeout. Norrie apologised on the time for the incident on the internet however stated he noticed nothing else incorrect together with his on-court behaviour.
“I apologised straight away and I didn’t see him,” stated the British No1, the final Briton standing within the singles on the French Open after his round-one win over Benoit Paire. “I looked up and hit the ball down low. I didn’t see him turn and concede the point. I wanted to win. I don’t have anything to say.”
Following their on-court exchanges, Djokovic had stated: “From the very beginning, he was doing all the things that were allowed. He’s allowed to take a medical timeout, he’s allowed to hit a player.
“He’s allowed to say ‘come on’ in the face more or less every single point from basically the first game. Those are the things that we players know in the locker room it’s not fair play, it’s not how we treat each other.”
But Norrie, who stated he had but to see Djokovic in Paris to debate the incident, doesn’t imagine he did something incorrect.
“I didn’t think I was in his face at all,” he stated. “I’m pretty vocal in some matches. If you’re doing it [fist bumping] right in front of someone’s face and looking at them and trying to taunt them, that’s not great. I was not doing that.
“I think it’s part of the game. I love seeing players compete and really get up for the matches and really wanting to win. I’m not trying to do it to distract the other guy or anything, I’m just really pumped to win every point I can. This is the only time that anyone’s had an issue with it.”