The debut of Novak Djokovic in Roland Garros was more than satisfactory: defeated in three quick sets (6-0, 6-2 and 6-3) the Swede Mikael Ymer (80 of the world) and advanced to the second round in Paris after an hour and a half of match on the closed roof on the Philippe Chatrier pitch. But despite his great game, the number one in the world lived a new situation of tension in which he was implicitly involved again Roger Federer, who will not play again for the whole year due to the rehabilitation of his right knee.
Just ten days ago, the Serbian tennis player had already had a nervous afternoon at the ATP Masters 1000 in Rome, which he later conquered. In the quarter-final match against Germany’s Dominik Koepfer, he yelled at a judge who corrected a ball, got upset with the umpire who called him “Federer” at the end of a game and smashed a racket into the brick dust. Now, after his victorious debut at Roland Garros, the Swiss unintentionally reappeared in Djokovic’s path: in a duel that he dominated without problems from start to finish, he faced and got upset with a Roger fan in the gallery who celebrated a point against him.
Nole’s reaction against Roger’s fan
Of course it was not the only thing around the Serbian. First, in the third set, with a 3-2 going for him, Nole received a point that is already being listed as one of the best in the tournament: a spectacular “Big Willy” from Ymer’s back that left him speechless. The Serbian responded with applause, congratulating the rival. But the good waves did not last long. In the next game he came across a fan from the stands wearing a Federer cap and he celebrated his mistake that left the score 30-30.
Djokovic stared at him for several seconds without saying anything and he could easily spot it since there is a ceiling of 1000 spectators per day in the Parisian facilities. Thus, while hitting raquettes shaking the dirt from his slippers, The world number one looked defiantly at the man in the stands, who was smiling, and then, after breaking his opponent’s serve and going 4-3 in the last set, he blew him a kiss ironically.
The applause for Ymer’s “Big Willy”
Finally, the Serbian, after winning the first set with a resounding 6-0 in 20 minutes in which he only let his rival score seven points, He easily reached his 32nd win in 33 games this season, after being disqualified during the US Open for throwing a ball at a linesman.
“Obviously it is not a normal Roland Garros, but it is really a pleasure to play before the public”, commented Djokovic, despite a new incident in which Federer unintentionally crossed his path again.
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