Novak Djokovic was booed seconds after he took a nasty tumble on Court Philippe-Chatrier in the fifth set of his match against Francisco Cerundolo.
The world No. 1 called out the supervisor after slipping on the court. He had already complained about the quality of the clay when he injured his knee in the second set.
He slipped at the baseline again in the fifth set, getting covered in clay. Djokovic retreated to his bench to clear himself up and turned to the officials, sarcastically commending them for a good job. Boos and whistles rang out in the stands as he moaned and cleaned himself off.
Djokovic looked down and out after injuring his knee at the beginning of the second. Francisco Cerundolo led by two sets to one and had a break in the fourth before the 37-year-old stormed back to force a decider.
It looked like it was going to be another inevitable comeback for the three-time French Open champion when he broke immediately in the decider. But he relinquished his lead and things went from bad to worse when he took a nasty fall, rolling on the floor.
After getting back up, Djokovic went back to his bench to clean up before resuming the game. And he made his feelings known to those watching from the sidelines.
“Great job from you guys. You know better than us,” he said in the direction of the supervisor’s area. “It’s not slippery at all. Not dangerous at all. Well done supervisor and everyone. Ground staff, well done.”
The fans inside the 15,000-strong Court-Philippe Chatrier started booing as he towelled down. Cerundolo held to level things at 2-2 after Djokovic resumed play. And it wasn’t the first time he had lashed out about the playing surface during the match.
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