Novak Djokovic got extremely frustrated during his Monte Carlo Masters match against Lorenzo Musetti.
After one Musetti ball appeared to be well out in the second set, Djokovic argued that the line umpire and then the chair umpire missed the mark.
While Djokovic was pleading his case to the chair umpire, the Monte Carlo crowd started booing the Serb.
Jajajaja todo un zafarrancho, pero la neta tenía razón Djokovic 🤷🏻♂️ pic.twitter.com/LSsU4hkn1R
— D Portillo (@Deportillo_mx) April 13, 2023
Shortly after, Djokovic crushed one of his rackets by smashing it with his leg.
Djokovic-Musetti played a thriller second setDjokovic won the first set against Musetti with a 6-4 score and then the things got interesting.
After losing the first set, Musetti started the second set with a break.
Djokovic broke back Musetti in the second game but the Italian again broke the Serb in the third game.
Down by a break in the second set, Djokovic responded by claiming back-to-back breaks in the fourth and sixth games to overturn the deficit and take a 4-2 lead.
After being up by a break twice early in the second set, Musetti found himself down by a break.
But just when it seemed Djokovic was able to break Musetti mentally, the Italian responded by earning back-to-back breaks in the seventh and ninth games to overturn a 4-2 deficit into a 5-4 lead.
Serving for the second set in the 10th game, Musetti failed to close out the set as Djokovic broke back to tie the second set to five games apiece.
But failing to close out the second set didn't impact Musetti, who broke Djokovic again in the 11th game for a 6-5 lead.
Serving for the second set for the second time, Musetti was able to serve out the 12th game and send the match into a decider.
Just a few days earlier, Djokovic's ex-coach Boris Becker revealed how the Serb usually reacts when he sees the crowd is against him.
"Novak is very emotional. He always gets temperamental when the crowd is rooting for another player. And he uses his fingers to show the fans that they have woken him up now. And he says, 'I'm going to beat this guy,'" Becker said in his documentary.
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