VIDEO: Novak Djokovic Confronts Umpire as US Open Crowd Disrupts Taylor Fritz Clash

Novak Djokovic is clearly on the edge during his match against Taylor Fritz. Needless to say, there’s a lot of pressure on the Serbian. He’s not only trying to win his 25th Grand Slam title, but also win his 64th major quarterfinal, and the 14th one at the US Open. And trailing behind Fritz in the third set after winning the first two with a score of 6-3, 7-5, seemed to be taking a toll on the 38-year-old. And that got into the spotlight when he entered into an argument with the chair umpire, Damien Dumosois. 

In the third set of the battle against Fritz, while the American was leading 2-1 during the Serbian’s serve, the crowd went furious with the cheers as Fritz went on to win the next point. And that ticked Novak Djokovic off in the wrong way. In his fury, he stepped towards the umpire and complained about the shouting crowd. “What are you gonna do?” he asked. Needless to say, the NYC crowd wasn’t a fan of such complaints, and people began booing Djokovic. 

Dumosois simply replied, “It’s not gonna help, Novak.” He further suggested that he’d ask the crowd to lower their voices when both players were ready to exchange volleys. Dejected with the crowd’s attitude and the umpire’s response, Djokovic had no choice but to move away and focus on his own game. 

Djokovic asking the umpire to do something about the crowd making noise while he’s trying to serve in his match against Fritz at U.S. Open

Novak: “What are you gonna do?”

Umpire: “It’s not gonna help Novak” pic.twitter.com/ukR100mLGj

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