Novak Djokovic broke his racket in the Wimbledon final, now has to pay lakhs of rupees as fine

Novak Djokovic is considered to be the best player in the world of tennis. This year, Novak Djokovic missed out on winning the 24th Grand Slam after losing in the final of Wimbledon played on 16 July. World No. 2 Novak was defeated by top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz in the Wimbledon final.

 

In this match, Carlos Alcaraz broke Novak Djokovic’s serve during the fifth set. As soon as Carlos broke Novak Djokovic’s serve in the fifth set, Novak was very angry with himself. During this, he hit his racket by throwing it on the net. It has become very heavy for Novak to throw the racket on the net in this way now in despair. As soon as Novak hit his racket so hard on the net, after which his racket was broken.

 

Novak Djokovic has now been heavily fined by the committee for hitting the net post with his racquet in the Wimbledon final. In this fine, Novak Djokovic will have to pay more than six lakh rupees as fine. Novak was also issued a warning by the umpire present in the court for behaving like this. He was immediately issued a warning by umpire Fergus Murphy. Novak was issued a warning for a code violation due to a racket-smashing violation.

 

Please tell that after this violation, Novak Djokovic has also been fined. Novak has now been fined 6,117 pounds approximately one lakh 27 thousand rupees for this misconduct. Explain that this amount will be deducted from the runner-up’s check of 1.175 million pounds to pay the fine. Let us tell you that the seven-time Wimbledon champion was defeated by the world’s number one player Alcaraz. In this match, Novak Djokovic was booked for code violation twice. The show clock was at zero before the first code service was hit. And the second when he hit the racket net and broke it into two pieces.

 

Significantly, this was a final of Wimbledon 2023 that tennis lovers will remember for years as it was a battle of youth over immense experience. Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz snapped Novak Djokovic’s 34-match horse racing campaign at Wimbledon to win a thrilling five-set final on Sunday to claim his second Grand Slam title. Alcaraz, the world number one, won his first Wimbledon title 1-6, 7-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4. With this, he denied Djokovic a record-equalling eighth and fifth consecutive Wimbledon title. With this, the 36-year-old Djokovic will have to wait to overtake Serena Williams by winning the 24th Grand Slam. Spain’s 20-year-old Alcaraz became the third youngest player to win Wimbledon.