The next time someone tries to make Novak Djokovic lose focus, they need to bring up something other than his Bucks status. That's because it doesn't work.
On Friday, Djokovic was serving on match point against Argentina's Tomas Martin Echeverry at the Australian Open when a heckler woke him up and yelled, “Get your vaccine, dude.”
Djokovic took a momentary step back, then fired a rocket for an ace and victory.
A heckler told Novak Djokovic on match point to “get vaccinated, mate.”
GOAT responds by hitting ACE 🔥 pic.twitter.com/4Cb0WPxhY7
— Clown Down Under (@clowndownunder) January 20, 2024
Apparently, Djokovic is doing well without the vaccine!
Social media commentators praised Djokovic's admirable response to woke hecklers and criticized Australia's history of mistreating Djokovic and abjectly complying with vaccination obligations.
Australia will be ashamed for years of how they treated this champion.
— Athanasios Stoukas (@StoukasTom) January 20, 2024
Australia is embarrassing at the moment.
— Unleaded (@unleaded_92) January 20, 2024
A legend, not words but actions. In the arena, not in the stands.
— Yoel Monaro (@yoelmonaro) January 20, 2024
After making that ace, Djoko should have said, “Good luck, bro!”
— Chad Nagle (@chadnagleesq) January 20, 2024
goat.
— Howard Roark (@RedTie2024) January 20, 2024
Djokovic was famously deported from Australia in 2022 after refusing to be vaccinated. It was even more poetic justice that he defied the hecklers and scored a cold-hearted ace, then advanced to the quarterfinals.
