"Are you kidding me? Are you going to boo for this?": McEnroe fumes at Djokovic getting booed during medical timeout

Novak Djokovic got booed by the Parisian crowd after heavily celebrating winning the second set and John McEnroe was less than impressed in the broadcast.

McEnroe was part of the commentary on Eurosport watching Djokovic battling Davidovich Fokina for over three hours. The second set went to Djokovic and the Serbian celebrated it heavily with the crowd instantly booing him for it and McEnroe went off in the broadcast calling out the crowd unsure of why they would be Djokovic.

He then further questioned why they were booing Djokovic when he took a medical timeout in between sets. Djokovic even sarcastically called on the crowd to boo some more as he was getting treatment. On that, McEnroe said:

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"Why do they boo? Everyone does it [take a medical time-out]. It’s totally legal, you’re allowed to work and rub his legs! Where’s Davidoch Fokina? He’s off to the bathroom. I totally get his reaction. Are you kidding me? Are you going to boo for this? The other guy’s not even on the court! Change the rules if you don’t want to let a guy get worked on, but don’t start doing that. It’s absurd!"

McEnroe has defended Djokovic more than once because to him it's mad that crowds keep disrespecting Djokovic this way. He's always called him one of the greatest champions and never understood why the crowds treating him this year. Djokovic spoke often that it pushed him to be better and that's what McEnroe referenced as well.

"Let’s be real. That’s what he’s been battling his whole career; inspiring and pushing him. It ends up that it actually helped him, in a weird way.So as an athlete, if you had a choice between love or respect, you’d love to have both. You’d rather have respect."

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