Novak Djokovic destroyed Cam Norrie to knock Great Britain out of the Davis Cup on Thursday night – and then angrily told British fans to “shut up” and “learn how to respect people”.
Jack Draper lost two tiebreaks to Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic in the opening rubber in Malaga. And that left British No.1 Norrie needing to complete mission impossible and beat the world No.1 to keep the quarter-final tie alive.
But the 24-time Grand Slam champion, who won a record seventh Nitto ATP Finals title on Sunday, continued his recent unbeatable form by winning 6-4 6-4 to set up a semi-final with Italy.
Djokovic had won his three previous matches with Norrie, including the 2022 Wimbledon semi-final and the May meeting in Rome when the Serb accused the Brit of lacking “fair play” when he smashed a ball at him at the net.
This time the Serbian star was unhappy with the 5,000 vocal British fans in the Palacio de Deportes Martin Carpena as he was heckled between his serves.
And he stared into the crowd and put his hand to his ears after taking his first set point with a forehand volley – and again looked at the British contingent after sealing the win with his eighth ace.
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