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Djokovic's semifinal with Thiem was postponed until Saturday with the Austrian leader 3-1 in the third set after the French Open officials ended the match as the rain threatened.
But the decision to postpone the match has been criticized by several critics including former French and Wimbledon champion Amélie Mauresmo.
Djokovic was accused by some of having forced the tournament's referee, Remy Azemar, to cancel the match until Saturday, but the principal, Guy Forget, dismissed the accusations.
After losing to Thiem after five defeats, Djokovic was pressed by the media to explain exactly what happened.
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And the world No. 1 was less than expected with the details.
Question: "You fought hard. Before talking about today, the game was suspended yesterday. Could you give us your version of the accounts and the time you left yesterday, please? "
Djokovic"I do not know what time I left. I left when they canceled the match for the day. "
Question: "Were you happy last night of the match suspension or do you think it should have continued? What is the exact reason why the organizers gave you the suspension? "
Djokovic: "I do not know, you can ask them, I do not know."
Question: "But what did they tell you? "
Djokovic: "I do not know, you can ask them.
Despite Djokovic's reluctance to talk about the issue, tournament director Guy Forget told the New York Times that referee Remy Azemar was the individual who had the final say on the postponement of the match.
And earlier in the day, double-winner Jim Courier of the French Open revealed that he had spoken to Thiem's coaching staff to get the countdown, which allowed Djokovic to to be totally independent.
Courier told ITV: "Let's start with the facts.
"I talked to Dominic Thiem's coach and his fitness trainer this morning, just over an hour ago to find out what happened after the second delay of the rain, when they ended up call the match.
"Ten minutes later, Novak and Dominic were in the locker room and the tournament director and referee came to talk to them."
"They presented the facts as they knew them, what their meteorologist said expect a few showers during the next hour and a half.
"Let's be careful about the schedule, it's around 6:15 pm and we must not forget that it's light and playable until around 9:30 pm.
"At 6:15 pm, they said we were expecting two showers and they presented the options to the players.
"They said we thought it might be better to come back to play tomorrow, but what do you think?
"So they presented the options to the players in the same room at the same time.The players were together.The players agreed that it would be OK for them to suspend the game for the night and come back.
"There were rumors that Novak was gone, in fact, I heard about it too, but also that it was impossible to leave without the tournament telling him that the match was suspended.
"So, absolutely, when Novak left, it was decided, we had not announced publicly that they would not play anymore."
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