Novak Djokovic furiously smashed his racket in anger during Australian Open win

Here we go again.

We’ve been over this before, and fairly recently too: Novak Djokovic has a history of taking out his frustration on the court, from racket smashes to hitting a line judge with a ball he hit out anger at the 2020 U.S. Open, which led to an immediate default.

Has he learned from that? In this case, at the 2021 Australian Open, he’s at least not smashing a ball out of anger, but he’s destroying a racket violently in a match he’d eventually win, a quarterfinal victory over Alexander Zverev.

Here’s the clip of the smash that wasn’t penalized beyond a warning (and which required a cleanup):

(Photo by DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images)

Ridiculous that this is still happening for Djokovic (even if it helps him win matches).

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