“He’s a faker” – Fans heavily bash Novak Djokovic over medical timeout drama as the Serbian managed to get past the fourth round of the French Open

Novak Djokovic slammed by the fans for his medical-timeout drama.


“He’s a faker” – Fans heavily bash Novak Djokovic over medical timeout drama as the Serbian managed to get past the fourth round of the French Open

Novak Djokovic receiving the timeout (Via IMAGO)

Novak Djokovic has a unique history of making a swift comeback after taking some time off as a medical timeout. More often than not, that is not taken well by the fans, and once again they lash out at the Serbian following his medical timeout at the Roland Garros.

Djokovic was up against Francisco Cerundolo in the fourth round of the French Open, when he suffered a nasty fall in the third game of the second set. While trying to go after the Argentine’s forehand, Djokovic slipped and fell hard. He did not react well to the fall and even took a medical timeout right after.

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He was losing against Cerundolo before the timeout and after that, he bounced back in great form. Even though Djokovic was down two sets, he was a better player by the time the pain-kill started to kick in. With that came a wave of reactions from the fans, who accused Djokovic of faking the injury.

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As he has done many times before, Djokovic once again bounced back from the darkest of depths to make an impact in the game and beat the Argentine in great fashion. In the end, he won 6-1, 5-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 to enter the quarterfinals of the French Open.

Fans react to Novak Djokovic taking a medical-timeout during the fourth round match

For the second time in a row, Novak Djokovic pulled off a great comeback at the French Open. After a third-round match, against Lorenzo Musetti, Djokovic reminded the world that he can never be counted out; and repeated the same a couple of days later.

Novak Djokovic of Serbia receives medical treatment during the ninth day of Roland-Garros 2024
Novak Djokovic of Serbia receives medical treatment during the ninth day of Roland-Garros 2024 (Via Imago)

Fans however have taken it in the negative way. Here is a look at some of those reactions.

The Serbian also reached an incredible achievement by making it to the quarterfinals of this tournament for the 15th consecutive time and 18th time overall. He will now take on Casper Ruud for a spot in the last four.

Another exciting match for the tennis world, which is a rematch of last year’s finals, where Djokovic had raced away in three sets. However, this year Ruud has been in good touch and has already beaten Djokovic at the start of the clay season.

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