“This is disrespectful and rude!”- Fans slam Jannik Sinner for celebrating his guaranteed No.1 ranking without mentioning Novak Djokovic’s unfortunate injury

About an hour after the announcement of Djokovic's withdrawal from the tournament, Sinner shared the post. 

“This is disrespectful and rude!”- Fans slam Jannik Sinner for celebrating his guaranteed No.1 ranking without mentioning Novak Djokovic’s unfortunate injury

Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic (Images via Imago)

Jannik Sinner is guaranteed to climb to the top of the rankings next week due to Novak Djokovic‘s knee injury. As the Italian celebrated his first Roland Garros semifinal and the assured ranking with a social media post, netizens found it disrespectful that he did not mention the Serb anywhere. 

Djokovic rocked the tennis world on Tuesday when he withdrew from the Roland Garros just a day before his quarterfinal clash with Norway’s Casper Ruud, who is set to face the winner of the quarterfinal match between Alex de Minaur and Alexander Zverev.

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Djokovic, during his fourth-round match against Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo, slipped several times on the court, and as a consequence of this, he aggravated his knee injury, which he said in the press conference wasn’t troubling him during his other matches. The MRI scan results confirmed that he had a meniscus tear. When Sinner was asked to comment on his assured No.1 spot and Djokovic’s injury, he wished the Serb a speedy recovery. 

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What can I say? First of all, it is every player's dream to become No. 1 in the world. In the other way, seeing Novak retiring here, I think, is disappointing. I wish him a speedy recovery.
Jannik Sinner said after his quarterfinal match against Grigor Dimitrov 

Then, about an hour after the announcement of Djokovic’s withdrawal from the tournament, Sinner shared the post. 

A special day for me, my first Roland Garros semifinal, and to reach the ranking of world #1. Grateful for this moment, something we have worked very hard for, but the work doesn’t stop here, forza!!!
Jannik Sinner wrote on X 

Sinner would have eventually topped the rankings list if Djokovic suffered defeats in any one of the matches, for he had to defend 2000 points by reaching the final, given that he lifted his third Roland Garros trophy last year by beating Ruud in the summit clash. 

Fans criticize Jannik Sinner for not mentioning Novak Djokovic in his post 

As soon as Jannik Sinner shared the post, Novak Djokovic‘s supporters started criticizing him for not acknowledging what secured his position. Some fans slammed him for celebrating his No.1 ranking without waiting for the next week. 

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Novak Djokovic (Image via Imago)

Check how they reacted: 

Sinner, who is set to face Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinal, was World No.4 earlier this season but his maiden Grand Slam crown in Australia, his ATP Masters 1000 title in Miami, and multiple semifinal appearances took him to the No.2 spot. Djokovic, on the other hand, is trophyless this season and likely to miss Wimbledon after his knee surgery. 

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