# Djokovic defaulted from US Open for hitting line judge

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/djokovic-defaulted-from-us-open-for-hitting-line-judge/919969>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 6, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/djokovic-defaulted-from-us-open-for-hitting-line-judge/919969 "2020-09-06T21:12:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/djokovic-defaulted-from-us-open-for-hitting-line-judge/919969/61 "2020-09-24T20:04:36Z")

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People at car races are subject to errant crashes as well, it doesn’t mean that intentionally driving, however gently, into the stands is no big deal.

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**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/djokovic-defaulted-from-us-open-for-hitting-line-judge/919969/62 "2020-09-24T20:07:41Z")

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Not even Djokovic is saying this. Why do you keep repeating this nonsense. Did you have $5000 on Djokovic to win or something?

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**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/djokovic-defaulted-from-us-open-for-hitting-line-judge/919969/63 "2020-09-24T22:25:19Z")

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> [@Ludovic](#):
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> People at car races are subject to errant crashes as well, it doesn’t mean that intentionally driving, however gently, into the stands is no big deal.

well yes but cars are not tennis balls.

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**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/djokovic-defaulted-from-us-open-for-hitting-line-judge/919969/64 "2020-09-24T22:39:17Z")

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> [@Mighty\_Mouse](#):
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> Not even Djokovic is saying this. Why do you keep repeating this nonsense. Did you have $5000 on Djokovic to win or something?

No, I don’t like gambling but there are people who bet large sums of money on sports. Big surprise the line judge got death threats.

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**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/djokovic-defaulted-from-us-open-for-hitting-line-judge/919969/65 "2020-09-24T23:55:53Z")

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I see that you’ve never met a Serbian nationalist.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/djokovic-defaulted-from-us-open-for-hitting-line-judge/919969/66 "2020-10-06T00:21:34Z")

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He accidentally hit a line judge today with another ball, but this was a true accident during gameplay, so no penalty. Ball was in play and it just happened.

[You can see it here.](https://twitter.com/tennis_gifs/status/1313123133633695745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1313123133633695745%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tmz.com%2F2020%2F10%2F05%2Fnovak-djokovic-line-judge-face-french-open%2F)

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