The American tennis player showed this gesture after every match during the entire Grand Slam. Apparently she was never directed towards any rival, but he just liked her. However, Djokovic also noticed it. And when the right moment came, he imitated the gesture. “I love Ben’s celebration. It seems very original to me, so I copied it. I stole his celebration,” said the Serbian tennis player with a smile after the match.
He thoroughly enjoyed the victory, he was well aware that the fans mostly kept their fingers crossed for the opponents. When the Serb failed to serve, they often applauded or celebrated in some other way that the rival of the home crowd’s favorite was not doing well. That is also why the fans enjoyed the Serb, even during the match he gestured to them that it would be better to remain silent.
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Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic in action during the semi-finals of the US Open, when he reigned supreme on the court.
Reporters asked Shelton the same thing. He mentioned that he didn’t find out about it until after the game, but he’s fine with it. “I don’t like it when I see people writing to me on social media about how I can or can’t celebrate my win. I think if anyone wins a match, they deserve to do what they want to do,” said the American.
At the same time, he added that he takes the use of his celebration by Djokovic himself as respect. “As a child growing up, I was always told that imitation was the sincerest form of flattery. That’s all I have to say about that.’
With the win over Shelton, Djokovic advanced to the finals of the US Open for the 10th time. Here he will meet the Russian Daniil Medvedev, who on Friday managed to eliminate the Spanish world number one Carlos Alcaraz.
2023-09-09 13:45:33
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