Novak Djokovic He got anger of the Australian open crowd after retiring during the semi -final match against Alexander Zverev.
Djokovic, 37, had to withdraw after the first group of his match against Zverev, 27, on Thursday, January 23, unable to continue due to muscle rupture in the left leg. ZVREV secured the long first group for 81 minutes in a tie.
In response, the crowd in Melbourne Road Lavir Arena formulated Djokovic while leaving the court. The main hero gave 24 times a thumb to the masses as he made his way to the cabinet room.
Djokovic was injured during the opening group of his victory in the quarter -finals Carlos Carrez On Tuesday, January 21.
ZVEREV – which is applied to confront the defense champion Jeanic wrong In the final of the Australian Open Men's Championship on Sunday, January 26 – he did not kindly treat the crowd to his opponent.
“The first thing I want to say is, please, guys, do not leak a player when he comes out of the injury,” Zvevv said in the post -match interview. “I know that everyone paid the tickets and wants to see, in the hope of a five -group match. He won this championship with tears in the abdomen, and won this tournament due to a knee strings. So please show some respect.”
During his private press conference with correspondents after his withdrawal, Djokovic said: “I did everything I could manage the muscle tear I have.”
“Medicines, belt and physical action have helped somewhat today, (but at the end of that first group, I just started to feel more pain and more,” continued. It was getting worse and worse. It was a lot of dealing with it today.
“I knew even if I won the first group, it would be a huge arduous battle for me to stay physically decent enough to stay with him in the marches for another person, God knows, two or three hours. I don't think I have that, unfortunately, Today in the tank.
The tennis star was seeking to extend his record by winning his Australian open title. No other men won more than 6.
Djokovic holds the record for most of the main titles that a men's player won with 24. Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer It is the second and the third in the list with 22 and 20 major titles, respectively.