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Djokovic Apologizes After Loss to Tabilo: "I'm Sorry for the Spectators"

Le 09/04/2025 à 17h18 par Jules Hypolite
Djokovic Apologizes After Loss to Tabilo: I'm Sorry for the Spectators

For the third time in his career after 2016 and 2022, Novak Djokovic was eliminated in the second round of the Monte-Carlo Masters 1000, this time against Alejandro Tabilo.

In the post-match press conference, the Serb expressed deep disappointment with his performance on the Rainier III court:

"It was the worst possible day. I hoped it wouldn’t go like this, but there was a high probability I’d play this way. It’s just horrible. Horrible to feel you’re playing like this, and I’m sorry for the spectators.

I hoped to at least deliver a decent performance. But not like this. I knew I had a tough opponent and that I wouldn’t necessarily play well. But for it to be this bad—I didn’t expect that."

SRB Djokovic, Novak  [3]
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CHI Tabilo, Alejandro
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Monte-Carlo
MON Monte-Carlo
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Novak Djokovic
5e, 4830 points
Alejandro Tabilo
74e, 826 points
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BicesterTennis
Me, me, me. How about "Well played to my opponent, I got beaten by a better player today".
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Footfault
Utterly selfish response, but then why would we expect anything different from Mr I'm so Important. Yet he wonders why nobody likes him
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Fred Phoesh
BicesterTennis he always is gracious but then he gets hammered for doing that so now he gets hammered for being forthright and honest. Would you rather he pretended and lied about why he believes he lost the match and come up with some clichéd bollocks about how the other person played better? Perhaps you just have a secret dislike for Eastern Europeans?
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Fred Phoesh
Anyone who watched that match would have heard that there were spectators booing at the end of it... therefore an apology is entirely appropriate.
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KuroSava
Footfault Bicester, your comments reminds me of the story where two ugly, bloodsucking lice's talk about the Lion King. :)
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KuroSava
Max F.
Djokovic is one of the most, if not the most gracious tennis player ever. You are just blinded by the hate and there no optometrist that can cure that......maybe some other medical professionals.

Also, Joker IS The Best Tennis Player Ever. You just need to be gracious and accept that.

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Max F.
Fred Phoesh, please don't try to make this a racism issue. The Joker is rarely gracious and that is a sad state of affairs for one of the best players ever. Tabilo has now beaten Djokovic twice on clay and has yet to lose a set. He must be doing something right.
TennisTheWinner
Well, this selfish guy has won 24 grand slams, 36 masters and many more..

Some of you who don't like his behaviour, you can play challenger 25, lose a match and be gracious in accepting your defeat
KuroSava
It's 40 Masters 1000. :)
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