Luca Nardi beat Serbian Novak Djokovic in the third round at Indian Wells. The Italian tennis player beat him in three sets, with the final result 6-4 3-6 6-3. However, the opponent's comments against the Blues did not go unnoticed, in particular the complaints towards the referee during the match. Indeed, at one point in the match, Djokovic beats and Nardi first seems to stop, thinking of a double fault, only to respond. The Serbian goes haywire, then sees his opponent continue to play and score break points. “He hit the ball and stopped,” Djokovic told the match director. But the answer comes from the latter: “He didn’t call. That didn't stop the topic. Just because it stopped doesn't mean the point should also stop. » Djoko disagrees: “It's not because he stopped that we shouldn't stop the point too? What are you talking about?” The director insists, the blue guy has just reacted. “You saw his reaction, he literally stopped and it completely confused me. not punish him? He thought the serve was out and stopped,” insisted the Serbian champion. “Isn't enough. If he had said 'Withdrawn' or implied it, then I would have agreed with you 100%, but he has done nothing to stop this point,” declared the referee.
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“I don’t think anyone knew me before tonight. I hope the audience enjoyed the show. I'm super happy with this match. In the end, I don't know how I managed to hold on. I think it was a miracle, because I'm a 20-year-old boy, outside the world's top 100, who managed to beat Novak. It’s crazy,” the Pesaro champion then commented on social networks after the victory.
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