There is no doubt that the French crowd will boo players at Roland Garros. If former World No. The crowd booing him will only make him more aggressive, according to Mats Wilander, seven-time Grand Slam winner .
The Swede said that the crowd wanted to see Djokovic play for longer, so they began to favor the Spaniard. However, they should not boo the Serb, as this will only make him more fired up, and he’ll soon emerge victorious. The Serb talked in depth about the behavior of his fans at the press conference after the match.
Djokovic defeated Alejandro Davidovich fokina in the third round 2023 French Open at Court Philippe-Chatrier. The match lasted 3 hours 36 minutes. The Serb won two sets in just two hours, 49 minutes before the French fans who were cheering for Fokina. The crowd booed Djokovic when he took a break for medical reasons. After securing the second set, he celebrated with vigor.
“The majority of people come to watch tennis or to support one player or another. They are all individuals. There are some people, groups, or even individuals who love to boo you for everything. “I find that disrespectful and frankly, I don’t know why,” Djokovic stated later in his press conference. “But, it’s their rights. They paid for the ticket. “They can do what they want.”
You know, sometimes I’ll stay quiet. The winner of both the French Opens in 2016 and 2020 said that she would stay silent 99% of time. “I will sometimes oppose this because I believe that when someone is disrespectful, they deserve to be answered. It’s all about that.”
Novak Djokovic breaks Rafael Nadal’s record for the highest win percentage
Djokovic, who defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the third round of the tournament, will face either Hubert Hurkacz Juan Pablo Varillas. This will be the 14th match in the fourth round of the clay-court Grand Slam.
Two-time Roland Garros winner Rafael Nadal is now the male player with second highest win percentage in Open Era. With the win over Fokina, the Serb’s win-loss ratio has increased to 344-47 (87.38%), which is now the second-highest win percentage. Nadal holds a win-loss rate of 314-43 (87.36%). Djokovic’s Grand Slam win-loss ratio is 141-17 (89.54%) behind Sweden Bjorn Borg.
