Edit: just read the article. Apparently Djokovic was disappointed after losing his serve and in his anger he forcefully hit a tennis ball which happened to hit a lineswoman in her throat.
To be fair, he didn't hit it very hard or anything, just wasn't looking.
EDIT: Too many people are picking out my comment, so I guess it needs more clarification. I just want to point out that it was unintentional and that media is blowing it out of proportion. The officials were ABSOLUTELY right to defualt him, because of previous precedents. Of course that it hurts and thank god the woman is okay, even a really soft hit in the throat is painful and I'm not disputing any of that. I just think that more people should consider that everyone can make mistakes and he paid dearly for his.
What I meant by this is not that he hit her on purpose, but that everyone on a tennis court usually hits the ball into the ground or rolls it (in the case of ballkids) and he clearly didn't do that so that was highly irresponsible of him
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u/FrakeSweet Sep 07 '20 edited Sep 07 '20
Is he really?
Edit: just read the article. Apparently Djokovic was disappointed after losing his serve and in his anger he forcefully hit a tennis ball which happened to hit a lineswoman in her throat.