Purely in terms of tournament sass, it was predictable Novak Dojokovic would be booed off court after retiring from injury at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday night after once again deciding to graciously gift an opponent a win. The US Open is operating at Liberace levels of theatrics and is highly watchable for it.
Djokovic had already sworn at the crowd and threatened a spectator during one practice session. “I’ll come find you after the match,” he glowered. “Trust me, I’ll come find you.” Retweeting the footage, Nick Kyrgios added the words “I’m scared” and an emoji suggesting quite the opposite. When Djokovic was asked why he had be hunting down the spectator, he replied, his face deadpan: “To have a drink … I’m going to buy him a drink.”
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Kyrgios lost no time in welcoming Medvedev to the firmament, changing his Twitter wallpaper to Medvedev’s one-finger salute
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