Novak Djokovic

hilts said:
Could have killed him
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Her...

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dronefromsector7G said:
Accident or not the rules are you’re out of the competition for that.
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The rule he broke....



"The Grand Slam rules state: "Players shall not at any time physically abuse any official, opponent, spectator or other person within the precincts of the tournament site.

"The referee, in consultation with the Grand Slam chief of supervisors may declare a default for either a single violation of this code."

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bennyboy said:
Think Henman got disqualified for the same thing at Wimbledon one year.
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I think Henman whacked the ball into the net judge's head (or something similar). Men's doubles, I think.

This happens every couple of years, it's just normally more violent than Djokovic's. It's much easier to be consistent if any direct strike of a dead ball which hits a judge is a DQ, rather than having to gauge the degree of violence.
 
jimharri said:
"...And the bump of the day award goes to....."

;-)

Anyway.... Novak has got himself defaulted/disqualified from the US Open for striking the ball away in anger after being broken, which resulted in a linesperson being struck in the throat by said ball.

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She could have been killed.
 
cleavers said:
Ridiculous wasn't it, I heard the story earlier and assumed he done it in anger, but all he seems to have done is lob the ball to the back of the court as most tennis players do.
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...she took a tennis ball, hit pretty firmly, to the throat, I'd quite like to see how you'd react!
 
domalino said:
...she took a tennis ball, hit pretty firmly, to the throat, I'd quite like to see how you'd react!
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He didn't hit it "pretty firmly" he did what most tennis players do to discard a ball, he wasn't aiming at her, he didn't even look, he hit to the back of the court to get rid, unfortunately hit her, and as described above she went down like bruno at united, nothing in it for me, but you'd argue in an empty room, so carry on, I'm out.
 
cleavers said:
He didn't hit it "pretty firmly" he did what most tennis players do to discard a ball, he wasn't aiming at her, he didn't even look, he hit to the back of the court to get rid, unfortunately hit her, and as described above she went down like bruno at united, nothing in it for me, but you'd argue in an empty room, so carry on, I'm out.
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I don't know why you're debating whether he aimed at her or looked at her?

She got unexpectedly hit in the throat with a ball, and your first reaction is to complain that she what...went down easily to get Djokovic in trouble?
 
cleavers said:
He didn't hit it "pretty firmly" he did what most tennis players do to discard a ball, he wasn't aiming at her, he didn't even look, he hit to the back of the court to get rid, unfortunately hit her, and as described above she went down like bruno at united, nothing in it for me, but you'd argue in an empty room, so carry on, I'm out.
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you honestly believe she play acted ?!
 
BlueHammer85 said:
you honestly believe she play acted ?!
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No, and it's not what I said, I just compared her fall to a footballer.

I don't for a minute think he intended to hit her, he wasn't even looking when he hit the ball, he didn't even hit it hard, more a lob, and she just reacted to being hit unexpectedly, I don't think she was looking either, I'm sure she went home unscathed, and had a few G&T's and has "recovered".

To be honest I'm no tennis fan, but pretty much all tennis players do what he he did when I do watch, he didn't do it out of malice, and it's a shame she was hit.
 
bluemoon32 said:
100% the correct decision
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Rules say you recklessly hit a ball or chuck a racquet and it hits a spectator or official and you're gone. End of story. Red mist has been part of Djokovic's tennis life for a while. Much prefer Nadal as a player and a person anyway.
 
cleavers said:
No, and it's not what I said, I just compared her fall to a footballer.

I don't for a minute think he intended to hit her, he wasn't even looking when he hit the ball, he didn't even hit it hard, more a lob, and she just reacted to being hit unexpectedly, I don't think she was looking either, I'm sure she went home unscathed, and had a few G&T's and has "recovered".

To be honest I'm no tennis fan, but pretty much all tennis players do what he he did when I do watch, he didn't do it out of malice, and it's a shame she was hit.
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cleavers said:
He didn't hit it "pretty firmly" he did what most tennis players do to discard a ball, he wasn't aiming at her, he didn't even look, he hit to the back of the court to get rid, unfortunately hit her, and as described above she went down like bruno at united, nothing in it for me, but you'd argue in an empty room, so carry on, I'm out.
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doesn’t matter if it wasn’t intentional, in fact I’d argue it’s worse that it wasn’t because it shows complete recklessness That he’s just fizzed a ball in blind into a area of the court where men, women and kids are trying to do their job.
 
Rags will be signing her the way she went down there.

He had to be DQ but it was hardly aimed or smashed at her.
 
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