Novak Djokovic enjoys singalong with US Open crowd as he steals microphone
Novak Djokovic had some enjoyable with the Arthur Ashe Stadium followers after defeating Taylor Fritz as he led the 23,000-strong crowd in a singalong. While the No 2 seed was being interviewed by Rennae Stubbs, he took the chance to steal the microphone and bought everybody to sing Fight For Your Right, minutes after it was performed by the DJ through the match.
Djokovic placed on one other clinic on the US Open’s most important stadium courtroom on Tuesday as he despatched the top-ranked American packing with a 6-1 6-4 6-4 win. While the scoreline was clearly in favour of the second seed, Djokovic nonetheless discovered himself combating the recent and humid situations as temperatures neared 35 levels.
On-court interviewer Rennae Stubbs picked up on a minor element which will have helped the Serb try to cope with the warmth, as he had gotten a haircut. Asked about his new trim, Djokovic laughed and responded: “Yeah haircut helped a lot obviously. I’m more aerodynamic today on the court getting to the ball faster than I was a few days ago.”
The three-time US Open champion then admitted it was robust to play within the situations, referencing the Beastie Boys. He continued: “Jokes aside, I’m drenched in sweat and I saw Taylor as well changed shirt a couple of times. Just very humid conditions, difficult to play but for both players it’s the same. That’s why we train, try to get ourselves in the best possible conditions to deliver. Not easy but you gotta fight and as the song went five minutes ago – you gotta fight for your right to party.”
Stubbs then tried to ask the 36-year-old a last query however he had different concepts. “Last question Novak, you have a couple,” she began earlier than Djokovic took the microphone and lower her off. Addressing the gang, he mentioned: “Okay, everybody ready?”
The world No 2 then began singing Fight For Your Right because the followers adopted his lead and sang alongside, with Djokovic whooping in delight on the finish. “I’m glad you didn’t ask me to join in there,” Stubbs laughed earlier than she lastly bought to ask the 23-time Grand Slam champion about his subsequent match.
Djokovic will face one other American opponent in Friday’s semi-final as he will get the winner of a match between Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton. And the 36-year-old mentioned he can be kicking his toes up and watching the match on Tuesday evening. “Well one thing is for sure I’m going to be enjoying that match from my sofa with my physiotherapy and massage and popcorn and some nice drink, I’ll be enjoying that match,” he mentioned.
Asked what he can be ingesting, Djokovic responded: “Water with lemon, that’s what I drink. And I’m going to be putting my legs up and trying to recover. Obviously going to be playing another American, I’ve got to be ready for whatever is going to come my way from the opposite side of the net.
“Both Tiafoe and Shelton are very, charismatic very dynamic gamers. They carry quite a lot of ardour, quite a lot of vitality on courtroom, pace and energy so I’m going to be nice to observe them. Then let’s see what occurs on Friday.”