Novak Djokovic is to make a quick return to action next week, with his co-coach Goran Ivanisevic describing his US Open default as an injustice. The former Wimbledon champion, who was courtside when he was disqualified for hitting a female line judge with a ball, believes there should have been more leniency shown and a game penalty awarded. Ivanisevic criticised what he felt was a sense of schadenfreude in some part of the tennis world after his player's demise. Niki Pilic claimed the 20-time Grand Slam champion would have been handed a lesser punishment, and even went on to accuse the line judge who was struck, Laura Clark, of 'acting a little'. 'Even as someone who has a high regard for Novak, I think the ruling was correct.

Source: Daily Mail September 11, 2020 22:07 UTC