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Novak Djokovic said he got "pretty annoyed" with one of his own fans before asking his friends who were sitting nearby to have a little chat with the fan in question. On Tuesday, Djokovic ousted Taylor Fritz 6-1 6-4 6-4 in the US Open quarterfinal at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
In the third set, Djokovic visibly got extremely annoyed by someone in the crowd. After the match, Djokovic revealed one of his own fans was making shouts that were actually distracting him. "Yeah, he did. He was actually in the box where some of my friends were.
I don't know who the guy was, but yeah, I was pretty annoyed by him at that point. I was communicating with my friends to have a little chat with him," Djokovic said.
Djokovic got 'pretty annoyed' with one of his own fans
Although Djokovic blew a third-set break, he was able to break Fritz again in the ninth game for a 5-4 lead before serving out for the match in the following game.
In the end, everything worked out fine for Djokovic as the Serb didn't allow Fritz to get back into the match. "Sometimes you react, but most of the time you don't. I speak for myself. Obviously there is whatever percent of the time you don't react.
People speak, they move around. You've got to be ready for that, particularly in the US Open, especially in the night sessions. It just, you know, that's part of it. It's part of the sport, and I don't, you know, mostly I don't mind it, but in those important moments when you're all of a sudden under a lot of stress and you're facing a break point and then all of a sudden everything annoys you and distracts you, so then you react.
That's, again, the heat of the moment and playing on the highest level. I'm actually glad the crowd wants to get into it, because it means that the match is interesting, that they want to be part of it, that they're having fun," Djokovic said. Meanwhile, Djokovic plays Ben Shelton in the US Open semifinal.