Novak Djokovic's bizarre video from Box causes a stir
A video of Novak Djokovic 's box during his semi-final duel at the Paris-Bercy ATP Masters 1000 event is currently causing a stir on social media. So far there has been no comment on this.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Nov 08, 2022, 09:08 am
As of Monday evening, almost ten million people have already viewed the video of Novak Djokovic's box, which is currently causing a stir on social media. To see: initially not much. Ulises Badio, the Serb's physiotherapist, is initially busy preparing a drink for his charge. Who had to work hard against Stefanos Tsitsipas late on Saturday afternoon to reach the final at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Paris-Bercy.
But when the Novak Djokovic team realizes that a spectator - who cannot be seen on the video - has directed the camera at the basically harmless process in the box of the 21-time Grand Slam winner, it becomes increasingly bizarre. At the tip of a team member, the two gentlemen who are placed between Badio and the filming viewer begin to cover the field of view intentionally and not very inconspicuously.
No statement about the video
Then everything happens very quickly: the physiotherapist Badio finalizes the preparation of the drink, but it is no longer possible to tell in detail what is going on in these moments. Moments later, the yellow drinking bottle also wanders onto the pitch via the ball child - and thus to Novak Djokovic. The optics: quite bizarre. What exactly was in the drink and why the preparation was not intended for the eyes of the viewer remained unclear.
And it will continue to be so. Following the semi-final duel with Tsitsipas, interest in the video had not yet reached the level to justify a question at the upcoming press conference. And even after the defeat in the final against a great performing Holger Rune, there was no query either. The next chance for clarity will be at the Nitto ATP Finals in a few days. If the interest in the bizarre imagery hasn't already died down by then.