‘Novak Djokovic Himself Was Forced To…’ – Rafael Nadal’s Uncle Toni Slams Rowdy Melbourne Crowds’ Australian Open Behavior

It is turning out to be quite an eventful start to the 2024 tennis season. The ongoing Australian Open has had many incidents that have caught the attention of the tennis world. One among them is the behavior of the crowd during the matches, especially during the games of Novak Djokovic. Recently, Rafael Nadal’s uncle, Toni Nadal highlighted this glaring issue popping up in the tennis world.

During Djokovic’s second-round match against the local star Popyrin, the Serb was heckled by one of the fans inside the stadium. Subsequently, Djokovic didn’t take it lightly and reacted angrily to it. Here’s what Toni Nadal had to say about this subject.

Rafael Nadal’s uncle slams unruly crowd behavior

Earlier this week, Nadal’s uncle penned down an article for the Spanish publication El Pais. In the article, he went on to highlight how bad education is reaching the sport of tennis and leading to an increase in the cases of inappropriate fan behavior.

The legendary coach wrote, “Unfortunately, because it is an unpleasant topic that is far from what brings us to Melbourne Park for 15 days, the annoying and insulting shouting of a part of the public that has been attending the matches live has given rise to talk.” 

Further, he went on to add, “It has reached such a point of bad manners that we have had to witness how the players who were on the court were directly rebuked. Novak Djokovic himself was forced to invite a disrespectful spectator to come down to the court to face him.” (Translated using Google Translate)

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The Australian Open heckling incident isn’t the first time case for Djokovic. He has been the victim of unruly fan behavior on many occasions in the past. However, this time, it went over the roof and invited a strong reaction from him.

Djokovic’s heckling case at Australian Open

After the Serb faced heat from the crowd while facing local star Popyrin, he was heckled during his third-round match as well. During the closing stages of the match against Tomas Martin Etcheverry, one of the fans present inside the stadium appeared to deliver an inappropriate comment against him.

The fan shouted, “Get vaccinated.” However, Djokovic kept his cool and served out an ace to close the match. It is surprising to see the fan behavior a 10-time champion here has been subject to. Nonetheless, the Serb will like to keep things cool as he faces Jannik Sinner in the semifinals tomorrow.

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