Serena Williams’ former coach hails ‘very best reply’ from Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic‘s response to being requested in regards to the boos he confronted throughout his French Open match in opposition to Carlos Alcaraz earned excessive reward from Serena Williams’ former coach Patrick Mouratoglou. Djokovic is on the verge of attaining historical past at Roland Garros this yr with simply Casper Ruud standing in his method of a males’s file twenty third Major title.

His semi-final in opposition to world No 1 Alcaraz was tipped as Djokovic’s greatest take a look at so far with the Spaniard arguably essentially the most in-form participant on the ATP Tour. But Alcaraz cramped up within the latter phases with Djokovic displaying no mercy, successful 6-3 5-7 6-1 6-1.

The crowd inside Court Philippe Chatrier acquired behind each gamers within the early phases of the match in anticipation of seeing one thing particular. However, nearly all of spectators quickly started displaying help for Alcaraz whereas booing Djokovic at instances.

The Serbian tennis icon has needed to deal with jeers all through his profession from staunch Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer followers. And he was requested in regards to the newest abuse he confronted after reaching the 2023 French Open ultimate.

Djokovic took his time to answer, shaking his head and smiling earlier than saying: “I don’t mind. It’s not the first; probably not the last so I’ll just keep winning.”

The clip was seen by tons of of hundreds of individuals on social media with Djokovic incomes loads of reward for his response. Most notable of these to catch wind of Djokovic’s comment was Williams’ former coach Mouratoglou, who was clearly a fan of what the 22-time Grand Slam champion needed to say.