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Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after defeating Holger Rune of Denmark in their fourth round match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Monday, July 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Novak Djokovic gets into it with Wimbledon fans after reaching the quarterfinals

Maybe the Centre Court spectators were saluting Novak Djokovic’s opponent by saying his name

By HOWARD FENDRICH
Published - Jul 08, 2024, 06:36 PM ET
Last Updated - Jul 08, 2024, 06:36 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Maybe the Centre Court spectators were saluting Novak Djokovic's opponent by saying his name. Maybe they were booing Djokovic, trying to rattle him. The 24-time Grand Slam champion was sure it was the latter — and he let everyone know he was not happy about it.

Djokovic easily beat 15th-seeded Holger Rune 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in just over two hours Monday night to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals, then made sure to get a message across to those fans he thought were against him.

Rune's supporters at various tournaments often will stretch out his last name, saying, “Ruuuuuune!" — which sounds rather similar to “Boooooo!” — and that happened again Monday.

During his on-court postmatch interview, Djokovic spoke briefly about the match, but then veered into a discussion about the people in the stands.

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