Aussie fumes at Djokovic injury 'controversy'

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Alex de Minaur has acted rapidly to downplay immoderate suggestions of him believing Novak Djokovic isn't arsenic injured arsenic helium is letting on.

The Aussie chopped a frustrated fig connected Monday nighttime when helium was asked astir Djokovic's hamstring injury.

"I don't know. You archer maine however you thought helium looked retired there. Playing him, I thought helium was moving beauteous well," helium told reporters aft the match.

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"Everyone's seeing what's been happening implicit the past mates of weeks. It's the lone happening everyone's been talking about.

"Today I was retired determination connected the tribunal against him. Either I'm not a bully capable tennis subordinate to exposure that oregon ... it looked bully to me.

"He was conscionable excessively bully successful each aspects."

However, helium struck a antithetic code connected Tuesday, taking to societal media to clarify his comments from the property conference.

"I hatred however media volition ever make contention and takes things retired of discourse to marque a headline," de Minaur wrote successful a tweet.

"Got outplayed and outclassed yesterday. How astir we absorption connected the tennis for once.

"I volition get backmost to enactment and amended you tin number connected that. Thank you Australia."

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While de Minaur was disappointed with however his comments were perceived, Djokovic made it wide that determination was an borderline betwixt the 2 players erstwhile helium spoke to Serbian media aft the match.

The 21-time expansive slam victor was unrepentant astir his ruthless consecutive sets takedown of the Aussie, hinting helium had been upset by an interrogation de Minaur had fixed 12 months earlier, and adding that the brace had "no relationship".

The 4th circular exit astatine the hands of Djokovic was de Minaur's 2nd successful a enactment astatine Melbourne Park aft being sent packing by Jannik Sinner astatine the aforesaid signifier past year.

De Minaur was besides beaten successful the 4th circular astatine Wimbledon. He has lone precocious to the 4th finals erstwhile successful his career, astatine the US Open successful 2020.

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