“Annoying and cringe!” – Social media has mixed reactions to Novak Djokovic’s classic ROAR at the Rome Masters

One can love or hate Novak Djokovic’s roar, but one can’t ignore it. The quintessential Novak Djokovic’s roar during his matches stir up a lot of emotions for his fans and haters alike. In his third-round match in the Italian Open against Grigor Dimitrov, the 35-year-old won the match in 3 sets, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1. Djokovic let out his roar when he went for a double break up against the Bulgarian in the third set.

An interesting match to watch, where in the first set both players broke each other’s first service game. In Novak Djokovic‘s second service game also, Dimitrov challenged him with 2 break points. But the Serbian fended off the break points by winning 4 straight points and holding his service game. Djokovic then went on to break Dimitrov’s second service and in turn won the first set.

In the second set, Djokovic was leading with a score of 4-2 and it looked like an easy road to victory for the World No. 1. But Grigor Dimitrov fought back and won 4 games in succession, tying the match score to one set a piece and going on to a decider third set. Djokovic’s frustration with losing the second set was palpable, and he came back in the third set very strongly. He broke the Bulgarian two times to ensure his win and only then let out his ROAR!

Novak Djokovic has now reached the 16th quarter-final round in the 17 times he has appeared at the Italian Open. He will be playing Britain’s Cameron Norrie in the quarterfinal. This is a very important tournament for the Serb as he is defending his title and wants to establish his dominance again before moving on to the French Open.

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Twitter engaged with Novak Djokovic’s roar with different emotions

Novak Djokovic fans who live to see their champion roar, went ballistic with the Serb’s reaction after breaking Dimitrov two times in the third set. The energy of the World No. 1 transcended his fans even through their watching screens.

But of course, Djokovic has a large list of haters who find his roar despicable. Some of them felt such a reaction is unnecessary when the Serb is playing a middle-of-the-pack tennis player, ranked 33, Dimitrov who has not really been a threat of late.

Novak Djokovic and Cameron Norrie are going to meet on court for only the third time. Both times Djokovic has got the better of the Brit. But this will be their first meeting on clay. So it will be interesting to see whether Djokovic will get to roar in this match too.

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