US Open 2020

lostcat

He will be lucky not to be

yerwanthere123

DJOKOVIC DEFAULTED :pac: :pac: :pac:

lostcat

Proper order, fair play to the officials they took a strict interpretation of the rule.
Cilic lost earlier so we are going to have ourselves a new slam champion!

Itssoeasy

lostcat wrote: »

Proper order, fair play to the officials they took a strict interpretation of the rule.
Cilic lost earlier so we are going to have ourselves a new slam champion!

I’m just seeing this now. He hit a line judge but if he was disqualified then they must have seen intent. I haven’t seen any clips of it.

kevthegaff

https://twitter.com/Sachk0/status/1302701843944882177?s=08
Looks harsh

Shane St.

be nice to see a new winner although not in ideal circumstances

CassieManson

Shane St. wrote:

be nice to see a new winner although not in ideal circumstances

Would love to see Thiem win now

dominatinMC

Christ that looks very harsh! I'm all for a new winner but, between the reduced field due to Covid and now this incident, this US Open victory will definitely have an asterisk next to it!

gmisk

Rules are rules but I am watching it back on Amazon prime very harsh!

Mental Mickey

She made a total drama out of that ffs

gmisk

Mental Mickey wrote: »

She made a total drama out of that ffs

The ball hit her directly on her throat...I wouldn't fancy it

Mental Mickey

gmisk wrote: »

The ball hit her directly on her throat...I wouldn't fancy it

He didn't strike it that hard

Harry lyme

Defaulting an entire match for something like that does seem quite harsh.

The one good thing about it is it'll mean in future there can never be any more whining about Serena Williams incident in 2018 and nobody can ever claim that the men get away with more than the women in Tennis.

gmisk

Mental Mickey wrote: »

He didn't strike it that hard

He didn't hit it at full pelt but it was still pretty fast...it's novak djokovic like.
It isn't really the point he hit it in anger.
Very harsh but thems the rules

It's happened before I think with someone hitting the ball in anger and it hit a ballboy? Henman?

Yeah he just mentioned it in 1995 wimbledon he hit ball girl in ear.

EagererBeaver

Still grinning from ear to ear.

Any sympathy anyone might have towards Djokovic should be absolutely overridden by the arrogance he displayed on court when he realised he they were actually going to disqualify him. He genuinely didn't believe they'd have the temerity to do so.

Girly Gal

dominatinMC wrote: »

Christ that looks very harsh! I'm all for a new winner but, between the reduced field due to Covid and now this incident, this US Open victory will definitely have an asterisk next to it!

I agree with you it looks harsh from the clip I've seen it doesn't look like he meant it. I also wanted a new winner, but, as you say with the already reduced field and now Djokovic getting disqualified it does kinda devalue the tournament. I suppose it's the only way the new generation were ever going to make the breakthrough.

lostcat

There was no intent and it was bad luck to hit her straight in the throat, but luck wouldn't be involved if he didn't loose the head. Huge opportunity lost, huge opportunity for everyone left..

AllForIt

The incident itself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTmO80DkAQM


Never liked these totally unnecessary displays of aggression. For a multiple grand slam winner as experienced as himself to do this especially warrants the default.

Girly Gal

Will he get a suspension now and miss the French Open too, that would be extremely harsh

EagererBeaver

The fact he didn't mean it is irrelevant. He hit a ball in anger that struck a line judge. Completely his own fault.

The penalty is deliberately that harsh to try and stop players doing it.

gmisk

Girly Gal wrote: »

Will he get a suspension now and miss the French Open too, that would be extremely harsh

I wouldn't think so.

velo.2010

The question now is 'why there was a discussion?' The rules are quite straightforward, yet they entertained his pleas to be allowed to continue.

The rules on temper tantrums, whacking balls and throwing rackets around probably need a revisit after this — apparently, Djokovic nearly took the head off a ball kid a few minutes earlier.

lostcat

unfortunate to hit someone given that there were probably 30 people in the stadium, as opposed to the tens of thousands who usually would be!

AllForIt

lostcat wrote: »

unfortunate to hit someone given that there were probably 30 people in the stadium, as opposed to the tens of thousands who usually would be!

Well he should have hit the ball up into the stadium auditorium then. He's supposed to be good at aiming balls.

VillaMad

Aljaz Bedene did it a couple of weeks ago in Cincinnati when he hit the ball in frustration and it hit a cameraman. He got a code violation.

Interested to know how they decide which ones deserve a disqualification and which ones don't.

lostcat

velo.2010 wrote: »

The question now is 'why there was a discussion?' The rules are quite straightforward, yet they entertained his pleas to be allowed to continue.

The rules on temper tantrums, whacking balls and throwing rackets around probably need a revisit after this — apparently, Djokovic nearly took the head off a ball kid a few minutes earlier.

why would the rule need to be revisited just after it has been applied correctly?
there most certainly should have been a discussion, he has a right to try to defend his actions, it would have been a lot worse to call in a bouncer to escort him off the court immediately. he did something stupid, he had his say, he lost, job done and rule works.

gmisk

velo.2010 wrote: »

The question now is 'why there was a discussion?' The rules are quite straightforward, yet they entertained his pleas to be allowed to continue.

The rules on temper tantrums, whacking balls and throwing rackets around probably need a revisit after this — apparently, Djokovic nearly took the head off a ball kid a few minutes earlier.

Yes he was arguing out on court with them for a good bit.
Yes earlier in set he did.

mzungu

Djokovic only has himself to blame. The rules on this are clear.

lostcat

AllForIt wrote: »

Well he should have hit the ball up into the stadium then. He's supposed to be good at aiming balls.

the ironic thing is, I imagine that all pro players have a subconscious unwillingness to hit a ball over fence height, in order to avoid hitting a fan.

mzungu

Girly Gal wrote: »

Will he get a suspension now and miss the French Open too, that would be extremely harsh

Nothing that harsh. He will, however, lose all ranking points earned at the US Open and will also be fined the prize money he has won.