US Open accused of ‘dishonest’ Novak Djokovic as Serb eyes fourth title
A prime Serbian sports activities star has taken a swipe on the US Open, accusing the American Grand Slam competitors of ‘dishonest’ to forestall Novak Djokovic from successful extra titles in New York. Having triumphed thrice at Flushing Meadows, the 23-times Grand Slam champion is not any stranger to success on the onerous courts of the Big Apple, however his most up-to-date success was again in 2018 when he beat Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro in straight units.
Since then he has been crushed by Rafael Nadal within the fourth spherical, disqualified for by accident hitting a line official with a ball that was not in play a yr later and misplaced to Russia‘s Daniil Medvedev within the 2021 last.
Djokovic didn’t take part within the 2022 occasion because of the US federal authorities’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage for non-US residents. The Serb is among the most high-profile sportspersons to have refused to have a Covid-19 vaccination, which successfully scuppered his prospects of showing within the Grand Slam match final yr.
With Covid-19 guidelines not relaxed within the US, the 36-year-old lately returned to the States, successful the Cincinnati Open in an exhilarating last in opposition to world No 1 Carlos Alcaraz.
The win was Djokovic’s thirty ninth ATP Masters 1000 title and his 1,069th ATP Tour victory, surpassing the victory counts of Ivan Lendl and Nadal. He additionally grew to become the oldest participant to win the Cincinnati Open, eclipsing 35-year-old Ken Rosewall’s report.
Djokovic’s achievements have been highlighted on social media by the US Open’s official Twitter account. They tweeted: “No one currently playing has won more than Novak Djokovic.”
But Serbia’s hottest basketball participant, Danilo Andusic, took the chance to fireplace a broadside on the last Grand Slam of the yr, accusing them of denying his countryman extra victories.
In a retweet, Andusic wrote: “He would win even more if you didn’t cheat.”
The Serb’s strongly worded put up is believed to be in reference to Djokovic’s omission from the 2022 occasion because of his vaccination standing.
Djokovic will return to the highest of the world rankings ought to he fare higher than Alacaraz on the US Open. A fourth US Open title would put the all-time nice on 24 Grand Slams, one forward of Serena Williams within the girls’s recreation, additional strengthening the argument that he’s the best tennis participant of contemporary occasions.
He has reached 9 US Open finals throughout his profession, successful three of them. His first success arrived in 2011 when he defeated Nadal in a rematch of the earlier yr’s last. In 2015 he beat Roger Federer to win his tenth main title. By reaching the ultimate the Serbian grew to become the third man to achieve the ultimate of each Grand Slam in the identical calendar yr throughout the Open period.