The world number 1 was hit by a bottle from the audience after his victory at the ATP Masters in Rome and fell to the ground injured.
The start of the Serb Novak Djokovic at the tournament in Rome against the French Corentin Moutet At first it didn’t go quite as planned. Right at the start, the world number 1 had to accept two breaks, but the top-seeded Serb found his form again and won 6:3 and 6:1 after around an hour and a half.
But the joy of the second round victory was short-lived. Djokovic was the victim of an attack by a spectator just a few minutes later.
As Djokovic was signing autographs for Italian fans at the exit after the match, someone threw a bottle at the star. The bullet hit the 36-year-old right in the head.
The organizers of the tournament announced in the evening that Djokovic had been treated with appropriate medication and had already left the Foro Italico to return to his hotel. His condition is not worrying.
A statement said that the drinking bottle had probably accidentally fallen on the six-time winner of the tournament and was not thrown at him on purpose. According to a news agency report AP The bottle fell out of a child’s backpack.
Djokovic will face the Chilean in the third round Alejandro Tabilo.
2024-05-10 20:26:00
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