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NOT AGAIN!!!
For the second time in a month, Novak Djokovic hit a tennis ball right into a line judge!!!
This time, it was a true accident — Novak was trying to return a serve when he lunged at the ball … and re-directed it right at a judge’s face!!!
It all went down Monday at the French Open — Novak was battling Russian tennis player Karen Khachanov.
The good news … unlike the incident at the U.S. Open, the line judge was uninjured this time!
Also, unlike the U.S. Open … French Open officials determined this was just a true accident and Novak was allowed to continue with the match.
The big difference from the U.S. Open incident … Novak smacked a ball out of the court out of pure frustration — it was NOT in the capacity of trying to play a live ball.
The line judge at the U.S. Open was hit in the neck and fell to her knees — though, ultimately (thankfully) she was okay.
Top-seeded Novak Djokovic was defaulted from his fourth-round match at the #USOpen after he accidentally hit a line judge with a tennis ball Sunday. pic.twitter.com/TTstxZB2Jw
— ESPN (@espn) September 6, 2020
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This time, Novak — the #1 player in the world — went on to defeat Khachanov and advanced to the next round of the tournament.
Word of advice to the line judges … maybe bring a helmet next time?!