Eurosport's John McEnroe has defended Novak Djokovic after the 22-time Grand Slam champion was booed during his French Open match against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina on Friday afternoon.
The two-time champion at Roland-Garros celebrated exuberantly — and with good reason — after he battled to taking the second set under a huge amount of pressure from his doughty opponent on Court Philippe-Chatrier.
Ad Djokovic, who also got booed for celebrating when he was taking on Aleksandar Kovacevic earlier in the tournament, was quite understandably receiving a medical time-out with Davidovich Fokina in the bathroom when he heard the noise from the crowd.
Roland-Garros'Djokovic is not feeling sorry!' — Boos follow exuberant celebrationsAN HOUR AGO «Why do they boo?» McEnroe asked on commentary for Eurosport, somewhat perplexed. «Everyone does it [take a medical time-out].