Novak Djokovic confronted the umpire when he thought that she failed to call a let on one of Jannik Sinner’s serves. The world No 1 claimed that Aurelie Tourte heard the let machine beep when he served but not when his opponent did while the Italian crowd booed as Djokovic pleaded his case.
There was more drama in an already-fiery contest at the ATP Finals on Tuesday night as Djokovic approached the chair umpire to raise a concern about let calls following a booming serve from Sinner. The world No 4 held serve in the first game of the final set after Djokovic managed to take the second in a tiebreak.
But the six-time ATP Finals champion believed that the let machine beeped on Sinner’s serve – something that wasn’t called by the umpire. He approached Tourte and argued his case but she replied: “It didn’t beep or I didn’t hear it.” But Djokovic wasn’t happy considering that some of his own serves had been called as a let – including his set point at 6-5 in the tiebreak.
“Okay, so we are playing tonight this way. Every time he makes a let wide, it’s not a let. Tiebreak set point, I make an ace, you call a let. Everyone heard,” the 24-time Major winner argued. But Tourte didn’t back down, explaining that she wouldn’t call a let unless she heard it herself.
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