Novak Djokovic falls to the ground after being hit by a ball in World Tennis League tie
Novak Djokovic fell to the ground during the World Tennis League on Friday when he was caught in the crossfire during mixed doubles while cheering on his Hawks teammates Grigor Dimitrov and Paula Badosa. With the Kites' Holger Rune and Sania Mirza in the lead, Mirza hit a ball that accidentally hit the world number 5 in the leg and he pretended to collapse in dramatic fashion.
Djokovic is back on the bench for the Falcons for the first time since pulling out of Wednesday's singles match against the Hawks' Nick Kyrgios at the last minute because he couldn't. "didn't feel 100%". And the Serb found himself in trouble as he returned to center court to cheer on his teammates when he was hit by a ball from doubles icon Mirza's racket as Badosa and Dimitrov served at 0 -3.
The 35-year-old had his legs stretched out as he relaxed and watched the game, but they found themselves directly in the line of fire, and Djokovic made light of the moment as he let himself go hilariously falling to the ground and pretending to collapse while his teammates rushed over and pretended to revive him. Former double No 1 Mirza also ran to apologize and they laughed it off.
It turned out to be a good game for the Falcons as they saved two break points to hold on and get on the board for the first time. But it was ultimately worse news for Djokovic's side as they lost the opener 6-2 and found themselves knocked out of Saturday's final as it is now guaranteed that they will not be able to rack up enough points on the three other teams in the event. /p>
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The World Tennis League Exhibition uses a unique format where each match is worth one point, and the winner of each tie is the team with the most points. There's also an extra point for every game won and five extra points for every one-day tie won, and the Falcons are bottom of the standings behind today's rivals the Kites, as well as the Hawks and the Eagles who played earlier on Friday. /p>
Djokovic is still ready to take to the field in the Falcons vs Hawks tie as he faces world number 6 Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final game of the day. The Serb has only played one match this week and suffered a shock 6-3 6-4 loss to Alexander Zverev, who has yet to play an official ATP Tour event since his injury in June .
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Novak Djokovic fell to the ground during the World Tennis League on Friday when he was caught in the crossfire during mixed doubles while cheering on his Hawks teammates Grigor Dimitrov and Paula Badosa. With the Kites' Holger Rune and Sania Mirza in the lead, Mirza hit a ball that accidentally hit the world number 5 in the leg and he pretended to collapse in dramatic fashion.
Djokovic is back on the bench for the Falcons for the first time since pulling out of Wednesday's singles match against the Hawks' Nick Kyrgios at the last minute because he couldn't. "didn't feel 100%". And the Serb found himself in trouble as he returned to center court to cheer on his teammates when he was hit by a ball from doubles icon Mirza's racket as Badosa and Dimitrov served at 0 -3.
The 35-year-old had his legs stretched out as he relaxed and watched the game, but they found themselves directly in the line of fire, and Djokovic made light of the moment as he let himself go hilariously falling to the ground and pretending to collapse while his teammates rushed over and pretended to revive him. Former double No 1 Mirza also ran to apologize and they laughed it off.
It turned out to be a good game for the Falcons as they saved two break points to hold on and get on the board for the first time. But it was ultimately worse news for Djokovic's side as they lost the opener 6-2 and found themselves knocked out of Saturday's final as it is now guaranteed that they will not be able to rack up enough points on the three other teams in the event. /p>
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The World Tennis League Exhibition uses a unique format where each match is worth one point, and the winner of each tie is the team with the most points. There's also an extra point for every game won and five extra points for every one-day tie won, and the Falcons are bottom of the standings behind today's rivals the Kites, as well as the Hawks and the Eagles who played earlier on Friday. /p>
Djokovic is still ready to take to the field in the Falcons vs Hawks tie as he faces world number 6 Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final game of the day. The Serb has only played one match this week and suffered a shock 6-3 6-4 loss to Alexander Zverev, who has yet to play an official ATP Tour event since his injury in June .
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