Novak Djokovic fined over smashed racket in Wimbledon final

Novak Djokovic has been fined after smashing his racket against a net post during Sundays mens singles final at Wimbledon. The All England Lawn Tennis Club has confirmed the 36-year-old has been hit with an $8,000 penalty, which amounts to around GBP 6,117, for racket abuse during his defeat by Spains Carlos Alcaraz.

Novak Djokovic has been fined after smashing his racket against a net post during Sunday’s men’s singles final at Wimbledon.

The All England Lawn Tennis Club has confirmed the 36-year-old has been hit with an $8,000 penalty, which amounts to around GBP 6,117, for “racket abuse” during his defeat by Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz.

Djokovic allowed his frustration to show after failing to break Alcaraz and then losing his own service game during the decisive fifth set of an enthralling contest on Centre Court.

Umpire Fergus Murphy, who had earlier pulled up the Serbian for a time violation, immediately issued a warning for a code violation.

Djokovic said that he wasn’t proud of the incident and accepted the officials sanction.

“There’s no much to talk about that, Djokovic said when quizzed about the code violations at the post-match press conference.

“Second one was frustration. I had break points in the second game. Yeah, just tough, tough couple of points. He played amazing to break my serve, which was enough to win the fifth.

“The first one was the time violation, so yeah. Not a great moment again, but you just kind of have to accept it.”

Djokovic’s disappointment grew as the 20-year-old world number one took full advantage to seal a 1-6 7-6 (6) 6-1 3-6 6-4 victory after four hours and 42 minutes.

In the process, he denied his illustrious opponent a 24th grand slam title and an eighth at Wimbledon.

Djokovic gave credit to Alcaraz for his win but seemed to be eager to put the match behind him.

“As I said on the court, I’ve won some epic finals that I was very close to losing,” Djokovic said.

“Maybe this is kind of a fair-and-square deal I guess to lose a match like this for me here. Even though it hurts, it’s never easy to lose a close match.

“Credit to Carlos. Amazing poise in the important moments. For someone of his age to handle the nerves like this, be playing attacking tennis, and to close out the match the way he did… I thought I returned very well that last game, but he was just coming up with some amazing, amazing shots.

“Yeah, congratulations to him and to his team. What a tournament for him. What a match today to be part of. I hope, yeah, everyone enjoyed it.

“I move on.”

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