Novak Djokovic followers complain about ‘disrespectful’ US Open poster
The US Open has been accused of pushing an ‘agenda’ in opposition to Novak Djokovic after followers had been left outraged by a promotional poster for the occasion. The Serb will go up in opposition to Alexandre Muller within the first spherical at Flushing Meadows and is up there with Carlos Alcaraz as one of many favourites to win the whole match.
Djokovic already has three US Open titles however some followers have accused occasion bosses of disrespecting him upon his long-awaited return to New York. A promotional poster has brought on no scarcity of controversy on social media, with lots of Djokovic’s followers sad with the way in which their man was offered.
The poster was shared by the official US Open account on X, previously Twitter, though it has since been deleted after sparking an enormous backlash from Djokovic supporters. The man from Belgrade was featured within the poster alongside plenty of different top-ranked gamers, together with Venus Williams, Aryna Sabalenka, Daniil Medvedev, Andy Murray and several other wheelchair tennis stars.
However, the reigning champions got satisfaction of place within the poster, with the photographs of Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek a lot bigger than anyone else. Djokovic’s smaller likeness angered lots of his followers within the replies, with @iPkoppula posting: “Do you guys always do this on purpose? That is a disrespectful image to Djokovic.”
@Que_Mes8 added: “What a ridiculous poster by US Open. It took me a while until I could find Djokovic.” @BarryAruba, in the meantime, mentioned: “Novak, Murray, Venus – all much smaller than lil’ crampion Alcaraz… Could there be some sort of agenda here?”
@coisinha59 was left significantly upset by the poster as she wrote: “A lot of ‘mistakes’ in this poster. First one, Novak Djokovic, so small, the same size than Ruud; Sabalenka, smaller than Venus Williams… I could go on but I’m tired of disrespectful stuff like this.”
Djokovic’s first-round assembly with Muller will mark his first match on the US Open for 2 years, provided that he was banned from coming into the nation in 2021 and 2022 as a result of his vaccination standing. He revealed over the weekend that he was delighted to be again at Flushing Meadows, with the 36-year-old lastly capable of go away the previous behind.
“There was no anger, it was last year during the Open that I felt it’s a pity that I’m not there,” mentioned Djokovic. “I felt sad for not being able to participate, but this year, I mean, is this year. I don’t think about what happened in the last year or last couple of years, just focusing my attention to this year’s tournament.”