Djokovic receives the largest fine since the beginning of 2023

Djokovic's penalty is the largest by a player at Wimbledon 2023, as well as all other tennis events from the beginning of this year. The Serbian was fined for "racing racket" after losing the fifth-set serve game, leading to defeat to Carlos Alcaraz in the final.

When he was drawing 1-1 in the deciding set, Djokovic could not save the break-point after being counter-attacked by Alcaraz to score the winner. Angered by losing an important point when the net overflowed, Djokovic smashed his racquet into the net post and was warned by the referee. Nole's racquet was broken. He then changed his racquet, but was unable to reverse the situation. Alcaraz won the match 1-6, 7-6(6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4.

In his post-match press conference, Djokovic did not want to explain much about his actions. "There's not much to say about that action," Djokovic said. "It was disappointing. I had a break-point in the second game but missed it and paid the price. Those were tough points. He played great to take advantage of the break-point, enough to win the fifth set." .

When asked by another reporter about the incident, Djokovic was not satisfied. He replied: "I replied to your colleague two minutes ago about that. There is not much more to say."

This is still not the highest penalty that Djokovic has to receive at a Grand Slam tournament. At the 2020 US Open, he was disqualified for accidentally hitting the ball at the lineman. Djokovic was fined $10,000 and had to return his $250,000 prize money for reaching the fourth round.

The $8,000 fine is nothing compared to the $1.4 million bonus Nole received for runner-up at Wimbledon 2023. Also fined was 16-year-old prodigy Mirra Andreeva, who smashed her racket twice. in the women's singles fourth round match against Madison Keys. Young Russian talent earned $ 207,000 for the first time to go to the fourth round of Grand Slam.