Novak Djokovic fined for smashing web submit in Wimbledon remaining defeat

Novak Djokovic has reportedly been slapped with a superb after smashing his racket into the web submit in the course of the fifth set of this 12 months’s Wimbledon remaining. The Serb struggled to manage his feelings after he was damaged by Carlos Alcaraz, who went on to say his second Grand Slam title by wrapping up an exciting five-set victory on Centre Court.

Djokovic smashed his racket towards the web submit in a match of rage and was unable to get better from that time as Alcaraz held his nerve at hand the Belgrade native his first defeat at SW19 in over six years. His offended response left numerous dents within the picket submit and he has since been fined £6,150 because of his hot-headed antics, in accordance with the Daily Mail.

It comes after Djokovic’s refusal to apologise for the incident in his post-match press convention, throughout which he stated: “There’s not much to talk about that. Second one was frustration. I had break points in the second game. Yeah, just tough, tough couple of points.

“He performed superb to interrupt my serve, which was sufficient to win the fifth. The first one was the time violation, so yeah. Not a terrific second once more, however you simply type of have to simply accept it.”

Djokovic was later asked whether he regretted smashing his racket into the net post and gave a snappy response as he replied: “It was a frustration within the second. I answered to your colleague two minutes in the past about that. There’s not a lot to say about that.”

He was gracious in defeat after the match, though, and made sure to congratulate Alcaraz on his victory before holding back tears when speaking about his son, who was in attendance to watch the action on Centre Court.

“I’ve received many shut matches right here down the years, possibly I ought to have misplaced a few finals that I received so it is even Stevens,” said Djokovic. “It’s a troublesome one to swallow if you end up so shut. I misplaced to the higher participant and I’ve to congratulate him and transfer on.

“It’s nice to see my son still smiling,” he added, earlier than taking a number of moments to compose himself as he was cheered by the Wimbledon crowd. He then continued: “I love you, thank you for supporting me and I’ll give you a big hug and we can all love each other. Thank you.”

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