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The triple champion described the sometimes feverish atmosphere of the famous arena as that of a Davis Cup tie while he was beating the favorite Kyle Edmund 4-6, 6 -3, 6-2, 6-4.
Djokovic was furious at the reaction of part of the crowd after he was given a time violation for bouncing the ball too often.
"I thought that the reaction of the crowd was not necessary: two guys were pretending to cough and whistle while I bounced more or less on the ball until the end of the match l & # 39; Former world number one Djokovic.
"These are obviously the things that people do not have the opportunity to see or hear on TV, I just think that it's not necessary, that's what it's all about. I did not like it. "
Djokovic responded by sending sarcastic kisses to the crowd and whispering to him while he unleashed the winning strokes that led to a 44th participation in the 16th Grand Slam.
"If you were in my position, you would probably understand," said the big winner 12 times.
"I am a human being like the others, I can feel the pressure like everyone else.
"My interaction with the crowd, I thought I had good things and not great things, I just reacted as I thought it was just the way they were reacting to me."
In a stormy meeting, Djokovic was also furious when he was denied a break from duty in the seventh game of the fourth set when the ball rebounded twice before Edmund hit what was deemed victorious.
"It was a pretty odd situation, to be honest," Djokovic said of the incident that occurred right in front of referee Jake Garner.
"First of all, the only thing I wanted to know from him (the referee) is, how does he think it's possible for Kyle to hit the shot that's right? He hit so clean and so flat and fast he hit it with the frame.
"If you hit him with the frame, it's supposed to slow down the trajectory of the ball, I was 100% convinced that it was twice, I heard that was the case. "
Djokovic did not blame Edmund for the incident.
The Briton insisted that he did not know that he had played the ball on a double rebound.
"You need television to see that … If in real life it's hard to say, then it's hard to tell for me when I'm hustling," Edmund said. , the last British player in singles.
"Generally, if you need television to look at things, when you're trying to make that split decision … I do not really know what to say, I'm doing my best to get there."
Djokovic will then play against world No. 1 Karen Khachanov for a place in the quarter-finals on Monday.
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