‘Magic Potion Expired’- Novak Djokovic’s ‘Shocked’ Response To Pitiful Australian Open Semifinal Display Gets Viciously Trolled

Novak Djokovic was stunned by Jannik Sinner in the semifinals of the Australian Open today. Sinner defeated the defending champion by 6-1,6-2,6-7(6),6-3 at the Rod Laver Arena. With this victory, the 22-year-old Italian has become the first Italian male player since the introduction of ATP rankings to defeat a world no.1 at a major tournament. However, for Djokovic, it has been his first semi-final loss Down Under. Djokovic’s defeat is not the only thing that fans couldn’t digest, as his reaction after the match infuriated them. 

How did the 24 Grand Slam title holder react after this defeat? Well, even Novak Djokovic was shocked by his performance. During the post-match interview, he gave a bizarre explanation for his loss. Fans have now started to troll him for his statement.

Fans wonder whether Novak Djokovic slept well last night

Novak Djokovic in his post-match press conference said, “I am shocked by my level in a bad way. This is one of the worst grand slam matches I have played.” While the Djoker accepted his poor performance, he also had to face the wrath of fans. 

To this one of the fans reacted, “Shocked, you were there bro. Did you not sleep well? We are the shocked ones.“

The other one asked him to cry.

While a few of them expressed their hatred towards the Serbian for not giving credit to Jannik Sinner.

Another one wrote, “He is shocked to see that how can a good player emerge in an otherwise tiktoker Era.”

Some of them went on to say, “The magic potion expired.”

Jannik Sinner has now become the youngest finalist in the men’s singles event at Melbourne since 2008. Can he clinch a title in his maiden appearance at the Grand Slam final? Well, let’s find out what Sinner had to say after the match.

Sinner gives credit to his defeat at the Wimbledon last year for his remarkable victory against Djokovic

Jannik Sinner ended Novak Djokovic’s 33-match unbeaten run at the Australian Open. He has won 19 of his last 20 matches and is currently in red-hot form before the Grand Finale. Here’s what he said after the match, “It was a very, very tough match. I started off really well. For two sets, I felt like he was not feeling that great on court so I just tried to keep pushing. Then in the third set, I had a match point and I missed the forehand, but this is tennis.”

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He added, “I just tried to be ready also for the next set, which I started off really well. And obviously the atmosphere was so great to play here.” While speaking on the journey towards this remarkable victory he said, “I was looking forward to this match. It’s always nice to have this kind of player who you can learn from. I lost [to Djokovic] last year in the semis at Wimbledon, so I think I learned a lot from that. It’s all a part of the process.”

However, Novak Djokovic remains the world no.1, and Sinner can climb up to no.3 if he manages to clinch his maiden Grand Slam title. Can Jannik Sinner create yet another historic moment in his career on Sunday?

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