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Tennis fan believes Ben Shelton's father being close to Federer has given a grudge against Djokovic after phone celebration seen as mocking
ATPSaturday, 16 September 2023 at 21:30
Tennis fans
reacted to the criticisms from Ben Shelton's father against Novak Djokovic for
his imitation at the US Open. One of the controversies of the recent US Open
occurred after the semifinal between Novak Djokovic and the young star Ben
Shelton, which ended in victory for the Serbian with a score of 6-3, 6-2,
7-6(4).
In previous
rounds at Flushing Meadows, Shelton celebrated his victories by making a phone
call gesture, something that Djokovic imitated when he defeated the American,
and many interpreted it as mocking his opponent. Bryan Shelton, Ben's father,
shared his opinion on what 'Nole' did in an interview with GQ:
"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," Bryan Shelton said.
Fans
reacted to the statements made by Ben Shelton's father and took to Twitter to
express their opinions, where one user suggested that the father might have a
close relationship with Roger Federer.
"Ben
is now the victim, of course. His father is closely related to Federer and
can't stand Djokovic, and that's how he raised his son. Ben should look up to
his peer Alcaraz who is Ben's complete opposite," the user wrote.
“Instead of
thinking about what djokovic should or shouldn’t have done maybe they should
ponder why so many people are finding his on court behavior so off putting that
even a legend would feel moved to put him in his place? I mean this is not
typical. He’s turning ppl off fast.”
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Bryan
Shelton was a nobody. Now with this performance of his son he feels he’s got a
winner, dude first let the little brat win a 250 then talk big. What Novak did
was awesome. We need more characters in tennis not robots.
Bryan Shelton was a nobody. Now with this performance of his son he feels he’s got a winner 😂 dude first let the little brat win a 250 then talk big. What Novak did was awesome. We need more characters in tennis not robots.
“The @usopen is
over. The phone business was in good fun. It‘s time for Ben to dig in an win
titles. He has made two excellent runs in the slams. If he or his dad keep
ruminating on that phone hang up, it’ll look like they are trying to hang on to
their 15 minutes.”
The @usopen is over. The phone business was in good fun. It‘s time for Ben to dig in an win titles. He has made two excellent runs in the slams. If he or his dad keep ruminating on that phone hang up, it’ll look like they are trying to hang on to their 15 minutes.
Bryan Shelton butthurt his brat got dished a helping of what he served to others. OTT amateur. No surprise Clarey is jumping all over this; feeling a little left out of the gossip game now that NYT is in rear view and Fed’s out to pasture.
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