Djokovic tells heckler ‘say that to my face’ as Nick Kyrgios threatens WWE transfer
Novak Djokovic referred to as out an Australian Open heckler who Nick Kyrgios threatened to “do WWE” on.
The reigning champion continued the defence of his males’s title with a 3-1 victory over residence favorite Alexei Popyrin, who the gang have been very a lot behind. Unfortunately that help was taken too far by one spectator.
They made a remark which provoked Djokovic into confronting them on courtroom in the course of the second spherical match, gesturing along with his hand as he advised them: “Come and say it to my face.”
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Kyrgios, who’s working as a co-commentator and pundit having been dominated out of his residence Grand Slam by way of damage, supported the Serb behind the mic, labelling the fan a “jerk”.
Djokovic then spoke to his fellow tennis star post-match, telling Eurosport: “Not the best atmosphere to play in, to be honest. People basically made noise between the first and second serve the entire match.
“What actually annoyed me is when someone heckles me within the crowd so I confront the hecklers as I did. I believe Kygs liked that. Kygs, did you want that change?
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“I invited a guy to come and tell it to my face, whatever he was saying. He was saying a lot of nice things so he was apologising from far away and all of a sudden there’s an absence of courage when he needs to face me.”
Kyrgios jokingly provided to resolve the scenario for him, responding: “When he was heckling you Novak, I said to the commentary box and everyone worldwide.
“I used to be like ‘look, if you need me to leap into the gang and type him out, I’ll do it for you bro’. I’ve acquired your again, 100 per cent.”
He went on to later add: “Bro, I’m prepared. Let’s do WWE within the crowd, I’ll bounce in for you, I’ll go first. I’ll get that man out of right here.”
Djokovic, who will next face Tomas Etcheverry, chuckled at the thought of Kyrgios’ suggestion, saying: “Ah man I’d love that, get a popcorn and watch that.”
