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Djokovic went on to explain that although he knows that fans making noise is simply a part of the sport, especially when playing at the highest level, he was left particularly annoyed on this occasion and felt compelled to take action.<\/p>\n
“Sometimes you react, but most of the time you don’t,” he added. “I speak for myself. Obviously there is whatever per cent of the time you don’t react. People speak, they move around. You’ve got to be ready for that, particularly in the US Open, especially in the night sessions.<\/p>\n
“It just, you know, that’s part of it. It’s part of the sport, and I don’t, you know, mostly I don’t mind it, but in those important moments when you’re all of a sudden under a lot of stress and you’re facing a break point and then all of a sudden everything annoys you and distracts you, so then you react.<\/p>\n
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Don’t miss… <\/strong> “That’s, again, the heat of the moment and playing on the highest level. I’m actually glad the crowd wants to get into it, because it means that the match is interesting, that they want to be part of it, that they’re having fun. At the end of the day, they pay tickets to come and watch you play, so we try to put on a show and perform for them so they go back home satisfied that they have been here and enjoyed their day.<\/p>\n “Sometimes you might have an interaction with the player, you know, like this guy today, I’m sorry for him, but he was really annoying at that point. And that’s it, you know, it happens.”<\/p>\n Djokovic will go up against home favourite Ben Shelton in the US Open semi-finals on Friday, with the Serb chasing his fourth title at Flushing Meadows. He is likely to face Carlos Alcaraz if he reaches the final in a repeat of their earlier showdown at Wimbledon, which saw the Spaniard come out on top.<\/p>\n Follow our Express Sport<\/i> page on Instagram <\/b>here<\/b>.<\/b><\/p>\n
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