When everyone has loved Roger Federer and Nadal, Djokovic…’, says former No. 1

When everyone has loved Roger Federer and Nadal, Djokovic…’, says former No. 1

Novak Djokovic is unanimously considered a worthy challenger to Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal

Novak Djokovic made headlines for the wrong reasons last Sunday when he was disqualified from the US Open for accidentally hitting a touch judge with a frustrated ball. The World number 1 became the first tennis player to suffer such a sanction since Denis Shapovalov’s sensational expulsion in the Davis Cup in 2017.

The Serbian phenomenon was the big favorite for the Flushing Meadows victory, which would have allowed him to reduce the gap that separates him from Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in the Slam standings. Recent criticism of Nole has also cast doubt on his position as a sports ambassador.

Djokovic had already sparked countless controversies for the organization of the Adria Tour, canceled after the second stage due to the positivity of some participants (including Novak himself). In this context, former ATP No.

1 Andy Roddick expressed his opinion on the disqualification of the 17-time Grand Slam champion.

Roddick on Novak Djokovic

“It was an extremely unfortunate moment, but he put himself in a position where Novak Djokovic was inviting bad luck into the equation by doing that.

There is no walking out of it,” Andy Roddick pointed out. “The parts about it that bother me are the 20-minute conversation afterwards, the kind of not seeming overly concerned about the lady’s neck or whatever, and then skipping press afterwards – that rubbed me probably the wrong way more than the actual action,” the American said.