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The New York crowd was heavily in favour of Federer on Sunday, and Djokovic is used to ambivalence from supporters
By beating Roger
Federer on Sunday in the US Open final Novak Djokovic claimed his second
title at Flushing Meadows, and his 10th grand slam overall.
Those successes, spread
over seven and a half years, have been achieved in a variety of different ways,
but one aspect has remained pretty much constant: Djokovic’s opponent has had
the crowd on his side.
With the exception of
the 2008 Australian Open final where there was more or less an even split
(though his opponent that day Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was always a fan favourite)
and arguably the US Open 2012 loss to Andy Murray, Djokovic has always been
battling against the crowd in his grand slam finals.
Sunday’s victory
continued that pattern, with the New York crowd strongly in favour of the Swiss
player, just as Wimbledon had been two months ago.
As pumped as I am over the result of that set surely
Novak deserves a tad more crowd support than this?
Just as the French
crowd in Roland Garros rooted for Stan Wawrinka in June’s French Open final,
and as the Australian supporters cheered for Murray in Melbourne in January.
But why? Why does this
personable champion whose lighthearted antics earned him the nickname ‘Djoker’
not feel the love from the majority of tennis crowds?The Telegraph
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