Jim Courier is sharing how he felt in regards to the Novak Djokovic on-court interview drama because the American revealed that the Serb checked out him as if he ought to have recognized that there wasn’t going to be an interview.
Within the Australian Open round-of-16, the match’s document 10-time champion noticed off Jiri Lehecka 6-3 6-4 7-6 (4) to arrange a showdown versus Carlos Alcaraz.
However then – as an alternative of giving a brief reflection on his win and probably answering another questions – the 37-year-old solely delivered a fast message to the gang and that was it.
“Thank you very much for being here tonight, I appreciate your presence and support. See you next round. Thank you very much,” Djokovic mentioned.
Jim Courier and Novak Djokovic© X screenshot
In his press convention, the Serb blamed Channel 9 Tony Jones – who referred to him as “overrated” and “a has-been” a few days earlier – for his boycott of Channel 9.
Courier: Djokovic appeared me as if he questioning, ‘Why are you out right here?’
“I certainly didn’t expect Novak to look at me with a quizzical look like, ‘Why are you out here?’” the previous four-time Grand Slam champion mentioned on Tennis Channel.
“I think he thought that we should have known that he wasn’t going to do that. I had no inside information. There was no problem on the court, but once he said he didn’t want to do the interview, that’s fine.”
In the identical interview, Courier clarified that he’s “not representing Channel 9 but Tennis Australia.”
However since he was holding a Channel 9 microphone, Djokovic naturally thought he was considered one of their workers.
In the meantime, Jones has since apologized to the document 24-time Grand Slam champion and his apology has been accepted.
So if the present world No. 7 beats Alcaraz in his subsequent match, anticipate him to provide an on-court interview.
