LONDON (AP) — Maybe the Centre Court spectators were saluting Novak Djokovic's opponent by saying his name. Maybe they were booing Djokovic, trying to rattle him.
LONDON — Maybe the Centre Court spectators were saluting Novak Djokovic's opponent by saying his name. Maybe they were booing Djokovic, trying to rattle him. The 24-time Grand Slam champion was sure it was the latter — and he let everyone know he was not happy about it.
Rune's supporters at various tournaments often will stretch out his last name, saying, “Ruuuuuune!" — which sounds rather similar to “Boooooo!” — and that happened again Monday. “To all the fans that have respect and that stayed here tonight: Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart. I appreciate it. And to all those people that have chosen to disrespect the player — in this case, me — have a goooood night. Gooooood night. Gooooood night. Very gooooood night," he said, stretching out the “Os” in “good” so they sounded like “boo.”“They were. They were. They were. I don’t accept it. I know they were cheering for Rune.
“Look, I don’t know what Wimbledon can really do about it. I mean, in those particular moments when it happens, the crowd paid their tickets. They have the right to be there and cheer the way they want to cheer. That’s absolutely something they choose — how they behave or how they choose to support the player is really up to them,” Djokovic responded. “Yes, you could argue maybe a chair umpire or whoever can step in in certain moments and calm them down, but there’s not much you can do.
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