US Open line athlete from Kentucky hitting the throat with a tennis ball by Novak Djokovic According to a tennis source, he has a day off.
According to the source, the injured judge is Laura Clarke from Owensboro, Kentucky. The incident caused disqualification of Djokovic, who was the favorite and the best seed to win the Open.
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Clark is resting comfortably at the hotel under the supervision of the tournament doctor. She will return to work when she and her doctor deem it necessary, the source said.
Djokovic threw the ball into the backcourt after losing in Game 11 of the match, and he hit Clark, who crashed into the court. Djokovic was expelled from the tournament and deemed “reckless” under the Grand Slam rules on “abuse of the ball”.
“I went through it myself. To be honest, I am very sorry for him. I feel terrible for everyone. Nobody wants to be in such a situation, ”said Denis Shapovalov, who was sent off in the 2017 David Cup match for accidentally hitting a linesman in the eye.
“It’s just an accident. Such accidents happen. It’s the same with me. “
There are already 74 line judges at the Open – fewer than usual. Due to the pandemic this year, external courts are operated by a judge and an electronic computer system called Hawkeye.
