A petulant swipe at the ball after having his serve broken brought a sensational end to DjokerNole's usopen on Sunday after the world number one was disqualified for striking a line judge in the throat | IOLsport
"I don't think that there was any chance of any opportunity or any other decision than defaulting Novak," Friemel later told reporters.
Djokovic eventually walked over to shake hands with a stunned Carreno Busta and trudged off the court before leaving the grounds without attending a press conference."This whole situation has left me really sad and empty," he wrote."I'm extremely sorry to have caused her such stress. So unintended. So wrong.
The USTA said Djokovic would lose all the ranking points earned from the event and be fined $250,000 -- his prize money for reaching round four.
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