[yellow grass]

I dislike Djokovic as much as the next man but this feels like an exaggeration. It's obvious that there was no intention and he didn't hit the ball faster than usual in these situations (unlike Shapovalov incident in Davis Cup), which happen quite a bit. He was just so unlucky.

What do you think?

 

[Looner]

He was unlucky but he should have been. The rule book is pretty much black and white on this IIRC.

 

[Time Violation]

Weak decision, but what can you do.

 

[enlightenedth]

100% yes.

 

[Mr.Swiss]

its in the rules. no oither decision made sense

 

[Virtualmorpher]

If the ball had hit one of the legs instead, it could very well have been ignored. But a shot to the throat hurts... and so everybody noticed.

 

[-Dominator-]

Well, the rule says he should. Can't argue with that (although I believe it was right not to disqualify Bedene last week for a similar but much more harmless accident).

 

[64794]

Of course, has happened many times in tennis history. Neither Rafa nor Roger was ever defaulted. Never will. His reputation got hit terribly.

 

[Jolyon]

No, I don't think so. It is a scam against Novak Djokovic.

 

[JosGros]

It´s very unlucky for Nole, but looking at what happened, the default is totally justified, the linesjudge couldn´t breathe, it could have been much worse, what if it hit her head.

 

[Haneul]

Did Nalbandian want to hit that person in the leg? Of course not but it was his fault he couldn't control his anger, nothing different in this case, the disqualification is one hundred percent deserved and has nothing to do with being unlucky, people already knew he had anger issues before, even more motivation now to seek the help he needs.

 

[hablovah19]

Yes, rules are rules... Djoker is not above them!

 

[buddyholly]

The only surprise was that it took so long to show him the exit.

There was nothing to discuss, actually.

 

[Budadiii]

Based on the rules? Yes.

Based on my opinion? I‘d like to maybe just see a set as punisment, but it can‘t be the current one, which the angry player is likely to have lost anyway or could have lost anyway.

It needs to be a whole new set.

So if you already lost a set, you‘d be gone as well.

 

[64794]

Nalbandian thought the ads plaque was strong enough (and it should have been) and hit that, and it goes to hurt the linesperson. I was appalled because I was a fan of his but what can you do, rules are rules.

 

[Moozza]

By the rules it was probably the correct call.

Clearly was a total accident though so I don’t think he should have really been DQ’d. Maybe a loss of service game would have been fair.

 

[Vercingetorix]

I dislike Djokovic as much as the next man but this feels like an exaggeration. It's obvious that there was no intention and he didn't hit the ball faster than usual in these situations (unlike Shapovalov incident in Davis Cup), which happen quite a bit. He was just so unlucky.

What do you think?

there's no such thing as luck, only karma.
Spiritual guru Novak should know that

 

[Slasher1985]

Accident or not, players have been disqualified for less.

 

[zjtennis]

Judging from this one:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1302701020368318464

Accidental, but VERY bad hit.

 

[Bella&Mirka]

Probably in a court of law it could be argued that he didn't look before striking... but the rules in tennis are pretty clear. He's such a crackpot they probably couldn't wait to throw him out anyway. 20 - 17.