"More people spoke about the celebration than the match": Kyrgios reacts to continued discussion regarding Djokovic-Shelton 'mocking' celebration
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Australia’s tennis star Nick Kyrgios believes Ben Shelton's father's comments were unnecessary regarding Serbia’s Novak Djokovic’s celebration
after winning the US Open 2023 semifinal.
The current world number one copied the celebration of the
young American after beating him in the last-four clash in the fourth and final
Grand Slam of the year with a score of 6-3, 6-2, 7-6.
That celebration did not go down well with Shelton’s father
who claimed that the legendary tennis player mocked his son.
“He wants to be loved so much, Novak... he wanted to mock
Ben at the end. It wasn’t something he was doing just to copy Ben. It was to
mock him. And that’s too bad, for that to come from such a great champion,” said
Bryant Shelton.
Kyrgios, in a post on social media platform X—previously
known as Twitter—expressed his views and suggested that those comments were
unnecessary.
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The 28-year-old has been struggling with fitness concerns
and it was because of this reason he ended up missing all four Grand Slams this
year.
On the other hand, Djokovic’s journey in the competition did not end after outclassing Shelton as
he went on to defeat the current world number three Russia’s Daniil Medvedev in
the final in straight sets as well with a score of 6-3, 7-6, 6-3.
It was Djokovic’s 24th
Grand Slam triumph and fourth US Open title—first since 2018.
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