Djokovic giving kisses and other interesting things. What’s also happening at Roland Garros?

The second Grand Slam tournament of 2023 is approaching its climax. The action on and around the courts also brings stories we wouldn’t expect. Let’s take a look at some of them.

The Djokovic-Khachanov duel was very even for a long time. In one of the more tense moments at 40:40, the Serbian tennis player heard one of his opponent’s fans shouting at him.

Djoker’s reaction was original, he won the following important fift, approached towards the person in question and sent him a kiss in the air.

Djokovic has a lot at stake, he has a chance to win his twenty-third Grand Slam title, something no one in the history of the white sport has ever done. His big weapon is match tiebreakers and the Serb’s record in tiebreakers is well known.

Yet the shortened game against Khachanov was exceptional. The Russian had been playing great tennis up to that point, even John McEnroe praised him. The former professional tennis player said he had never seen Khachanov play better. Still, the shortened game of the second set came and in that game Khachanov did not win a single ball against Djokovic.

On-court injections and an immature Rune?

German tennis player Alexander Zverev is dealing with more serious problems on court. As a diabetic, he regularly injects himself with insulin. Even during matches. He is not allowed to do this at Roland Garros. “I was told it looks strange,” the player fumed at the press conference.

Despite advancing to the quarter-finals, Holger Rune was the negative hero. It was a situation at a crucial moment in the third set of his match against Argentine Cerundolo. The latter should rightly have been awarded the important fift, as the ball touched the ground twice on Rune’s side of the court. The umpire failed to notice this and the point was eventually awarded to the 20-year-old Dane.

According to Eurosport expert Tim Henman, both players must have known about the double fault. Cerundulo also stopped playing. So on the one hand there was clearly an error by the umpire, the other is the attitude of the tennis player concerned. In this case, Holger Rune.

It would have been sporting to admit it in Rune’s place. He didn’t. “Holger probably still has a lot to learn,” Barbara Schett, a former Austrian tennis player, concluded the situation for Eurosport.

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