Djokovic Marahi Pemungut Bola karena Panik Hadapi Kevin Anderson
Djokovic Loses His Cool: World Number One Yells at Ballgirl during Tense Clash
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
DIA MERAIH kemenangan setelah bertanding sangat ketat saat menghadapi Kevin Anderson.
Namun Novak Djokovic tampaknya merasakan tekanan untuk mempertahankan gelar juara Wimbledon sebelum kemenangannya berhasil diraih.
Saat-saat menegangkan untuk mengakhiri pertandingan, petenis Serbia ini Serbia tampaknya mulai kehilangan kesabarannya, dia berteriak dan memberi isyarat kepada gadis pemungut bola berwajah cantik.
Rupanya dia meminta handuknya di tengah suasana panas, pemain berusia 28 tahun meneriaki si cantik pemungut bola dan mencengkeram tangannya seraya bersungut-sungut.
Setelah menyeka wajahnya handuk tersebut dibuangnya ke arah si gadis sebelum melanjutkan bermain. Gadis itu sangat terkejut dan kemudian tampak menahan tangis, menurut sumber-sumber di Wimbledon seperti dilansir MailOnline.
Si gadis terlihat gugup saat minum dari botol air setelah diomeli, pipinya merona merah dari sebelumnya. Setelah mengalahkan petenis Afrika Selatan itu, Djokovic berlalu meninggalkan lapangan tenis seolah tanpa dosa dan bahkan berupaya menghindari tatapannya.
"Ini adalah pertandingan yang sangat sulit, salah satu yang paling sulit dalam karir saya di Wimbledon, itulah sebabnya," katanya.
HE CLINCHED victory after a nail-biting final set against Kevin Anderson.
But Novak Djokovic appeared to be feeling the pressure of defending his Wimbledon championship before his triumph was sealed.
In the final stint of his match today the Serb seemed to have lost his cool momentarily, shouting and gesticulating towards a baby-faced ball girl.
Apparently requesting his towel amid the afternoon mugginess, the 28-year-old screamed in her direction and held his hands out in anger.
After wiping his face he discarded it back in the youngster's direction before resuming play. The girl was left visibly shaken and stifling tears, according to sources on the court.
She was seen nervously drinking from a water bottle moments after the eruption, her cheeks redder than before. After beating his South African opponent, Djokovic allegedly walked off Court No. 1 without glancing in her direction.
‘It was a very difficult match, one of the most difficult in my Wimbledon career, that’s for sure,’ he said.
