The French tennis crowd is merciless. Taylor Fritz, who threw out the last Frenchman, Arthur Rinderknech, was the last person to notice this at the French Open. With a provocative gesture, the American took on the booing fans after his victory.
And the next fight between fans and tennis stars will follow on Friday. This time right in the middle: Novak Djokovic! After winning the second set against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, he is treated briefly. This leads to boos from some viewers.
Djokovic agrees, asks the fans to keep going – and applauds maliciously. That doesn’t change his concentration, he beats the Spaniard 7: 6, 7: 6 and 6: 2. After the game, the cheers in the audience prevail again.
“99 percent of the time I stay calm. Sometimes I oppose it when I think someone is being disrespectful,” said the Serb. His relationship with the fans in Paris is an “up and down.”
In the fourth round, “Djoker” meets Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas (27, ATP 94) on Sunday.
2023-06-03 08:10:00
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