Novak Djokovic at odds with Wimbledon chair umpire once more after duo’s heated previous

Novak Djokovic has some historical past with the chair umpire tasked with overseeing the one factor that stands between the Serbian star and a fifth consecutive Wimbledon title: Carlos Alcaraz.

Again in 2016, Djokovic yelled at chair umpire Fergus Murphy throughout a heated change on the Tour Finals and advised the now-52-year-old that “you haven’t any clue concerning the recreation,” according to the Irish Times.

ESPN reported that Murphy penalized Djokovic with a time violation in between factors through the fourth set of his match towards David Goffin, however Djokovic was annoyed that Murphy “didn’t inform me earlier than” and supplied a warning.

However when he was advised, “That’s the rule,” Djokovic fired again and mentioned, “That tells me that you haven’t any clue concerning the recreation, you haven’t any clue concerning the recreation.”

“That’s your view,” Murphy mentioned, in response to ESPN, and the penalty was enforced the stretch in between factors that reportedly lasted 31 seconds.

For the reason that change, the pair have overlapped at loads of matches, in response to the Irish Instances.

In the course of the Australian Open in 2023, Djokovic pleaded with Murphy to assist take away a heckling fan from the match, telling Murphy that “he’s not right here to look at tennis” and is “drunk out of his thoughts,” according to The Independent.

Even to achieve the Wimbledon finals, Djokovic encountered a little bit of controversy with chair umpire Richard Haigh towards Jannik Skinner, when he was called for hindrance after a grunt that adopted his backhand return — inflicting Djokovic to crouch on the court docket and seem stunned.

“The hindrance earlier on at the moment within the match might have modified the course of the match,” Djokovic mentioned following the match. “I felt actually nervous after that decision from the chair umpire, however [I] type of managed by way of to regroup.

“It was, I feel, most likely the primary time in my profession that one thing like this occurred. It by no means occurred to me, I don’t usually have prolonged grunts. Perhaps it was an echo from the roof or one thing like this. You understand, I really didn’t really feel I used to be inflicting any hindrance to my opponent however it was the type of name that I’ve to respect.”

Within the last Sunday towards Carlos Alcaraz, Djokovic cruised to a 6-1 victory within the first set.

However certain sufficient, the decide known as a time violation on Djokovic within the second set, one which the Serbia would lose and go into the third set tied 1-1.