{"id":296197,"date":"2023-11-04T10:25:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T10:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=296197"},"modified":"2023-11-04T10:25:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T10:25:18","slug":"novak-djokovic-is-booed-at-paris-masters-for-the-second-night-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-is-booed-at-paris-masters-for-the-second-night-in-a-row\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic is BOOED at Paris Masters for the second night in a row"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Novak Djokovic is BOOED by crowds at the Paris Masters for the second night in a row after dispatching Holger Rune in three sets &#8211; as the world No 1 gets a step closer to his seventh victory in Bercy<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Djokovic defeated the young Dane 7-5 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 at the Accor Arena in Paris<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Serbian tangled dangerously with the chair umpire over a call of Rune&#8217;s\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Last year Rune beat Djokovic in the finalto claim his first Paris Masters title<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Novak Djokovic was booed off court after defeating Holger Rune to progress to the semi-finals of the Paris Masters in Bercy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The US Open champion has long cut a divisive figure in the sport, but tensions were brought to a head in the French capital on the second night in a row a passionate crowd turned against the Serbian behemoth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic&#8217;s three-set dispatch of the Danish youngster was not without controversy itself &#8211; with the six-time champion drawing the ire of the crowd over an umpire&#8217;s call.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With Djokovic on serve and three points from taking the match in the second set, the world No 1 was subject to a late out call from his opponent, after he had struck his return of serve.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The timing of the challenge incensed the Serbian, who made for the umpire and decried Rune&#8217;s form &#8211; despite a later Hawkeye review confirming that his serve had fallen beyond the line.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/09\/77395663-12709773-image-a-19_1699091723863.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Novak Djokovic was booed off court following his three-set defeat of Danish Holger Rune<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/09\/77395679-12709773-image-a-21_1699091733727.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The world No 1 found himself in an angry tangle with the chair umpire\u00a0Renaud Lichtenstein<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/09\/77395669-12709773-image-a-20_1699091728360.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Serbian ended up beating the 20-year-old 7-5 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 at the Accor Arena in Paris<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He played the shot, he saw it went out and then he challenged,&#8217; the 36-year-old told chair official Renaud Lichtenstein, and asked for a supervisor to be called to intervene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The supervisor cannot be called Novak, that&#8217;s my judgement. The judgement, it&#8217;s my judgement,&#8217; Lichtenstein responded as boos began to ring out from around the Accor Arena.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As their argument continued, Djokovic turned the air blue, protesting:\u00a0&#8216;That ball landed on the court 0.4 seconds, you&#8217;re telling me you figured out. That&#8217;s bulls***!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>After returning to the baseline, Djokovic won the ensuing point, but a strong performance from Rune saw the 20-year-old cling on to force a tiebreak, and an eventual third set.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic provoked similarly high emotion amongst the Parisian crowd later in the clash after going from an extended bathroom break.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But upon hearing the boos on Centre Court, the player chose a tight-lipped smirk by way of response.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/09\/77395683-12709773-image-a-22_1699091746249.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The US Open champion is vying to win his seventh Paris Masters ahead of the ATP Finals<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/09\/77395681-12709773-image-a-23_1699091749919.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Under the watchful eye of his new coach Boris Becker, Rune was unable to see out a win after defeating Djokovic in the same competition in 2022<\/p>\n<p>Against Tallon Griekspoor in their round-of-16 tie on Thursday evening, Djokovic harnessed the power of the crowd&#8217;s dislike, winning eight back-to-back points after a round of booing to set up his three-set victory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Djokovic kept his cards close to his chest, instead choosing to praise the &#8216;special&#8217; nature of a trip to Paris &#8211; as evidenced in the rowdiness of the city&#8217;s grand slam Roland Garros &#8211; in his post-match interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think I didn&#8217;t do anything to provoke the public, absolutely anything,&#8217; Djokovic said. &#8216;(Special), that&#8217;s a good word, very special, yeah. Very, very special. It&#8217;s very special.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/article-12709773\/Novak-Djokovic-BOOED-crowds-Paris-Masters-second-night-row-dispatching-Holger-Rune-three-sets-world-No-1-gets-step-closer-seventh-victory-Bercy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novak Djokovic is BOOED by crowds at the Paris Masters for the second night in a row after dispatching Holger Rune in three sets &#8211; as the world No 1 gets a step closer to his seventh victory in Bercy Djokovic defeated&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Novak Djokovic is BOOED at Paris Masters for the second night in a row - Sports-Life-News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-is-booed-at-paris-masters-for-the-second-night-in-a-row\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Novak Djokovic is BOOED at Paris Masters for the second night in a row - Sports-Life-News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Novak Djokovic is BOOED by crowds at the Paris Masters for the second night in a row after dispatching Holger Rune in three sets &#8211; 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