- Stan Wawrinka was leading match 6-4, 7-5, 2-1
- Serbian world No 1 suffering with shoulder complaint
Novak Djokovic was cruelly booed off the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium after a sore left shoulder forced his stunning retirement from Sunday night’s fourth-round match with Stan Wawrinka at the US Open.
The top seed and defending champion was trailing 6-4, 7-5, 2-1 after being comprehensively outplayed by the 23rd-seeded Wawrinka when he informed his opponent then chair umpire Nico Helwerth he could no longer continue, prompting a cascade of jeers from the nearly full 23,771-seat arena and leaving the world No 1 to raise a thumbs-up to the gallery as he hauled his equipment bags into the tunnel.
Written by Bryan Armen Graham at Flushing Meadows
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/02/us-open-title-defence-ends-as-novak-djokovic-departs-to-boos-after-retiring-hurt under the title “US Open title defence ends as Djokovic departs to boos after retiring hurt”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
