US Open [Men] - Grand Slam

[Andy22]

that a psycho djokovic is for doing this to the poor woman, Nadal does not act like this which why hes more loved has more class.

 

[don_fabio]

Wow, this was a crazy turn of events. With Carreno Busta serving at 4-5, 0-40, it looked like the set was over, until CB challenged and the ball was in by a millimeter. CB holds, then Novak gets defaulted in the next game. Incredible.

Then Novak starts going crazy point by point, until the incident. He proves to be his own worst opponent.

 

[Jelenafan]

Nadal must be jumping around in his house, he can relax now. Like most of the tennis world.

Nadal is focusing on his own game.

Sad to say but Novak deserved to be defaulted.

 

[Andy22]

Pablo carreno busta luckiest tennis player ever LOL, also djokovic first loss of the season 25-1

 

[rafanoy1992]

Wow! What a turn of events for Djokovic and everyone! If you are Djokovic, what were you thinking?! I know you are frustrated but there is no under any circumstances that you hit a ball towards a person whether it is accidental or intentional! The tournament director made the right decision. What a bad couple of months for Djokovic in terms of his public image.

Zverev, Medvedev, and Thiem surely are excited and (confused) on the the opportunity for them! But gotta win their respective matches first!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

According to the Grand Slam rule book it was indeed up to the officials on court.
They chose not to apply the Point Penalty ,meaning they deemed it to be a Major Offence of "Aggravated Behaviour'
Therefore - Default.

 

[don_fabio]

This one is completely on Novak, he slammed a ball a few times during the first set in a match and at the result he had no real reason to do it. He will regret this lost opportunity.

 

[AnonymousFan]

Lots of Next Gen players left in the draw

 

[Andy22]

NO big 3 that a chance for D.thiem, medvedev zverev to win a major title

 

[Nadalfan2013]

I mean it was bound to happen when you have an attitude like that almost every time things get close in a tennis match, violently smashing balls everywhere, destroying rackets like a lunatic, an incident will eventually happen. How many times did I repeat this and people say oh it’s not a big deal? Well there you go. Hopefully the woman is OK because it hurt her apparently in the throat.

 

[Bonaca]

Nadal is focusing on his own game.

Sad to say but Novak deserved to be defaulted.

It wasn’t his intention, that’s for sure.
And it’s also sure and obvious what tennis world will do out of this.
You all coudnt ask for more.

 

[Jelenafan]

It wasn’t his intention, that’s for sure.
And it’s also sure and obvious what tennis world will do out of this.
You all coudnt ask for more.

im sorry but it wasnt the “tennis world” that hit the ball in the linesperson’s direction and injured her, intentional or not.

 

[Bonaca]

This one is completely on Novak, he slammed a ball a few times during the first set in a match and at the result he had no real reason to do it. He will regret this lost opportunity.

What a big opportunity.
Rule book gives room for decisions, it’s up to the officials on court.
Guess how they would have decided if bull or maestro were in this situation.
Neka se gonu u ..., znaš di!

 

[don_fabio]

It wasn’t his intention, that’s for sure.
And it’s also sure and obvious what tennis world will do out of this.
You all coudnt ask for more.

It doesn't matter the intentions. He knows what can be the cost of ball slamming. 2 minutes before he slams the ball hard after Busta dropsho and that he hit the line judge. He should slam the racket instead of the ball, that's it. Very stupid way to go out of the tournament.

 

[calitennis127]

Wow! What a turn of events for Djokovic and everyone! If you are Djokovic, what were you thinking?! I know you are frustrated but there is no under any circumstances that you hit a ball towards a person whether it is accidental or intentional! The tournament director made the right decision. What a bad couple of months for Djokovic in terms of his public image.

Zverev, Medvedev, and Thiem surely are excited and (confused) on the the opportunity for them! But gotta win their respective matches first!

If the ball landed a foot to the right or left you would not be engaging in this lecture. It was bad luck and the last thing on Djokovic’s mind but that’s the risk you take when you express yourself emotionally.

 

[Jelenafan]

What a big opportunity.
Rule book gives room for decisions, it’s up to the officials on court.
Guess how they would have decided if bull or maestro were in this situation.
Neka se gonu u ..., znaš di!

In 3 , 2, 1 seconds you will be blaming Gregor Dimitrov....

 

[Bonaca]

im sorry but it wasnt the “tennis world” that hit the ball in the linesperson’s direction and injured her, intentional or not.

Its up to them, more than one option on the table. But not for this guy from South Europe.

 

[Bonaca]

If the ball landed a foot to the right or left you would not be engaging in this lecture. It was bad luck and the last thing on Djokovic’s mind but that’s the risk you take when you express yourself emotionally.

But its novak, so IT doesn’t matter.

 

[Andy22]

the other tennis player who hit a camera man did not get defaulted but was different the ball hit the pole first.

 

[calitennis127]

What a big opportunity.
Rule book gives room for decisions, it’s up to the officials on court.
Guess how they would have decided if bull or maestro were in this situation.
Neka se gonu u ..., znaš di!

Is it really up to the officials on the court though? What does the rule say exactly? ESPN made it sound as though there is no leeway at all and the rule is cut-and-dry.

Of course, you are right that the Nadal fans right now can’t control their joy and would be singing a different tune if this happened to Nadal. I’m just curious what the rule actually says, because if there was leeway then I completely disagree with the decision. If the rule is unambiguous, however, then it’s hard to object.