Wimbledon 2018: Novak Djokovic Calls Out "Unfair" Atittude From Centre Court Crowd During R3 Match With Kyle Edmund
Novak Djokovic is not having Centre Court crowd atittude towards him during his third match win over British No. 1 Kyle Edmund and called it out at a post-match interview.
During the match, the British player started off impressively and won the opener, but his momentum soon dropped as the three-time champion fought aggressibely to stay in the tournament and rallied back to win in four sets 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4.
"I expected them to support Kyle, obviously. But at times they were slightly unfair to me. That's how it goes," Novak said in an interview after the match on Saturday.
In recall of time violation he received at the third set, the former world no. 1 said "A couple [of] guys were pretending they were coughing and whistling while I was bouncing the ball more or less to the end of the match at that end where I received the time violation."
The 12th seed also pointed out it was different experience for him compared to times he played Andy Murray at the tournament and at the Olympics in 2012.
"I played Andy Murray a couple of times [at Wimbledon]. I played him in the Olympic Games. It was not like this, definitely. They kept on going, provoking...they can't do whatever they feel like doing," he said.
The 12-time Grand Slam winner will face Russian Karen Khachanov in the fourth round on Monday July 9.
During the match, the British player started off impressively and won the opener, but his momentum soon dropped as the three-time champion fought aggressibely to stay in the tournament and rallied back to win in four sets 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4.
"I expected them to support Kyle, obviously. But at times they were slightly unfair to me. That's how it goes," Novak said in an interview after the match on Saturday.
In recall of time violation he received at the third set, the former world no. 1 said "A couple [of] guys were pretending they were coughing and whistling while I was bouncing the ball more or less to the end of the match at that end where I received the time violation."
The 12th seed also pointed out it was different experience for him compared to times he played Andy Murray at the tournament and at the Olympics in 2012.
"I played Andy Murray a couple of times [at Wimbledon]. I played him in the Olympic Games. It was not like this, definitely. They kept on going, provoking...they can't do whatever they feel like doing," he said.
The 12-time Grand Slam winner will face Russian Karen Khachanov in the fourth round on Monday July 9.
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