US Open safety defend ex-tennis star from aggressive fan as ‘911 referred to as’
US Open safety was pressured to step in when a fan aggressively confronted former world No 12 Viktor Troicki throughout a qualifying match. The retired professional now coaches Hamad Medjedovic, who was going through Borna Gojo when issues acquired heated. Another spectator mentioned they have been “calling 911” because the fan continued to swear at Troicki with safety attempting to get between them.
Troicki was concerned in a scuffle on the US Open after his cost Medjedovic levelled up at one set all towards Gojo within the first spherical of qualifying. A spectator on Court 5 was filmed verbally attacking the three-time title winner within the stands as safety intervened, with the fan calling the 37-year-old a “f**king crybaby”.
The video, posted by Andrew Jerell Jones below @sluggahjells on Twitter, confirmed a guard stepping in because the spectator continued: “He can’t take someone cheering against his f**king player. It’s the US Open. There’s 12 million f**king people in this city. We all are f**king loud. F**king clown.”
Someone the spectator seemed to be with tried to drag him away however he advised his good friend to “f**k off” earlier than stepping in the direction of Troicki with the safety guard nonetheless in between them as what appeared to be somebody’s cellphone fell on the ground following his advances.
“Who’s provoking? We’re cheering, you d**k. It’s New York, not f**king Serbia,” the gang member added as two extra members of workers and safety joined the scene. Other folks within the stands began jeering and placing their thumbs down on the incident as one mentioned: “Come on, that’s a former player, man. You’re talking to Viktor Troicki.”
But the spectator proved relentless, telling the third safety guard: “This a**hole told me to shut up.” A lady within the crowd might then instantly be heard shouting: “I’m calling 911. I’m calling 911, man.”
Jones, who tweeted the video, later mentioned that the fan in query was faraway from the stands. “It took a while as they removed the first angry guy with the glasses, calmly, and then it took about 10-15 minutes longer for the other guy to no longer be there, but they weren’t thrown out of the grounds here,” he defined.
Troicki’s man ended up shedding in three units and failing to advance in qualifying as Gojo defeated Medjedovic 7-5 6-7(2) 6-4. The former world No 12 is but to publicly touch upon the incident. Troicki retired from skilled tennis in 2021 and has been teaching 20-year-old Medjedovic for the reason that finish of final yr.