{"id":316218,"date":"2023-07-15T03:23:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T03:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=316218"},"modified":"2023-07-15T04:58:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T04:58:40","slug":"long-overdue-djokovics-taunt-to-wimbledon-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=316218","title":{"rendered":"'Long overdue': Djokovic's taunt to Wimbledon crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Young Spanish star Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> looks set to go into the Wimbledon<\/a> final against Novak Djokovic<\/a> as the crowd favourite after the Serbian appeared to mock the crowd during his semi final win over Jannik Sinner<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Up two sets to love but trailing 5-4 and facing two set points, Djokovic's serve found the net, which led to a Sinner fan cheering.<\/p>\n

Djokovic gave a sarcastic applause and a thumbs up. He then dug deep to serve out the game, and then looked into the crowd in the direction of the jibe and pretended to wipe away fake tears.<\/p>\n

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Leading tennis journalist Ben Rothenberg said on Twitter watching Djokovic "running out of f—s to give about the Centre Court crowd is a joy to behold, and long overdue".<\/p>\n

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Only 20 minutes or so later, the match was over. Djokovic through to his 35th grand slam singles final with a 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4) win.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Djokovic was penalised a point for hindrance when he let out a loud grunt after playing a shot, with the ball still in play.<\/p>\n

Djokovic said the controversial call "could have changed the course of the match".<\/p>\n

Watch Wimbledon 2023 live and free on <\/strong>9now<\/strong><\/a>. Alternatively, you can stream every match live, ad-free and on demand on <\/strong>Stan Sport<\/strong><\/a>, with centre court in 4K UHD.<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wimbledon\/status\/1679937428881063950<\/a><\/p>\n

"I felt really nervous after that call. It's never happened to me, I don't normally have an extended grunt," he said.<\/p>\n

"Maybe it was an echo from the roof or something like this."<\/p>\n

"I don't actually feel like I was causing any hindrance to my opponent, but OK. But it's a call I have to respect.<\/p>\n

"It was a very stressful game for me to survive and to kind of storm through. It was super important."<\/p>\n

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