Novak has enough of provocateurs, asks umpire to throw them out: "They're wasted, talking all kinds of things"

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The war on the court between Novak Djokovic and Enzo Couacaud (whom Novak defeated) was in full swing, but it seems that the "battle" between our tennis player and four fans who provoked the Serb from the very beginning of the match was even more intense.

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In the end, they annoyed Novak so much and threw him off balance that during the fourth set he asked the umpire to expel them from the stands.

The Serb got into a debate with the umpire, explained to him that the four were "wasted drunk," that they were provoking him non-stop, but the latter did not "touch" them at the time - however, he did a little later when the annoying group was kicked out of the Rod Laver stadium.

The guys who provoked Novak were dressed the same in red and white shirts, wore the same glasses and identical red and white caps, like characters from the cartoon series "Where's Wally?" aka, "Where's Waldo?"

This is based on illustrations by British cartoonist Martin Handford who made the story popular with drawings of a crowd of people always looking to find Waldo (Wally) - who's always dressed in red and white.

Novak's provocateurs, apparently, got the idea from the series and, one would guess, wanted send a message to the Serb - find us in the stands.

(Telegraf.rs)