Novak Djokovic is the latest player to take issue with a drunk spectator during his second round tie at the Australian Open.
Djokovic had enough and went to Fergus Murphy, the umpire raging and asking him to do something about it. A similar incident occurred with Nick Kyrgios at Wimbledon which he was later brought into court over.
“That guy, he is drunk out of his mind. He is only here to provoke, not to watch tennis. You heard him at least 10 times. I heard him 50 times. What are you going to do about it,” said Djokovic.
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