Andy Murray exposes and calls out Novak Djokovic over ‘how dare you’ reaction

Andy Murray has taken a surprise shot at rival Novak Djokovic after an old clip of the Serbian smashing a forehand into the body of Roger Federer. It was back in 2014 when Djokovic was going toe-to-toe with Federer at the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters.

Tennis TV posted the clip with nine-year anniversary of that match coming up, asking whether it was a ‘legitimate play’ from Djokovic.

And Murray chimed in with his own view on the matter with a small dig at Djokovic for not reacting like Federer when the same happened to him.

“Totally legitimate play. Great shot,” Murray replied on Instagram.

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“However when Rafa clocked him in Canada and Norrie in Rome he reacted like ‘how dare you?'”

Both players raced to the net with Nadal hitting a backhand into the body of Djokovic with the Spaniard immediately apologising.

However, Djokovic was having none of it as he turned away in disgust seemingly rejecting Nadal’s apology.

A similar incident happened at the French Open this year in the quarter-finals when Cameron Norrie faced off against Djokovic.

The Serb was a set and a break up but Norrie had a chance to strike back in the fourth game when his opponent mishit a forehand.

Norrie was seemingly unaware that Djokovic had given up and still smashed his effort back over the net, inadvertently hitting the tennis icon on the legs.

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The British No 1 held his hands up to apologise immediately after, but Djokovic wanted a word as he approached the net.

Norrie was not forthcoming, adding to Djokovic’s frustrations even further who was still upset over the incident after the match.

The 24-time Grand Slam winner moaned: “He’s allowed to take a medical timeout. He’s allowed to hit a player. He’s allowed to say: ‘C’mon in the face’ more or less every single point from basically the first game.”


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