This would be too hard to make up. Grand Slam event, same round, similar incident.
After being defaulted out of the US Open for hitting a linesperson with an errant ball during some frustration, Novak Djokovic managed to repeat the process, this time in the French Open.
Check it out as Djokovic played Russian Karen Khachanov in the fourth round Monday.
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My gosh, it was very awkward déjà vu,” Djokovic said in reference to his US Open fourth-round default last month. “I’m actually trying to find the linesperson and see if he’s OK because I saw he had a little bit of a bruise, like redness, in that place in the head where the ball hit him. I hope he’s fine. I mean, he definitely dealt with it in a very strong and brave way.”
Djokovic went on to sweep the 15th seed Khachanov 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. The top seed is now onto the quarterfinals.