Djokovic cancels on Kyrgios at 11th hour

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Tennis fans volition person to hold a small longer to spot Nick Kyrgios and Novak Djokovic look each different for the archetypal clip since the Wimbledon final.

The Serbian pulled retired of his World Tennis League lucifer connected Thursday astatine the 11th hour, citing fittingness issues.

Fans packed into the Dubai arena lone to beryllium told by a courtside announcer that Djokovic wouldn't beryllium playing.

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The lucifer went up with Kyrgios facing Grigor Dimitrov instead, the Australian going down 7-3, 6-3 each told.

Djokovic had been courtside passim the evening supporting his Falcons team.

"Ladies and gentlemen, unluckily Novak Djokovic doesn't consciousness 100 percent acceptable to play this evening," the announcer said, speechmaking a connection from the WTL.

"But, due to the fact that helium loves his fans and his team, he's been present contiguous arsenic you've seen retired connected court.

"Now, the connection from Novak to his fans successful the stadium and crossed the globe is the top amusement connected the tribunal indispensable spell on.

"So helium has asked his teammate Grigor Dimitrov to instrumentality the tribunal close now. He'll beryllium playing singles formally. He's acceptable to go.

"And of course, we privation Novak good arsenic Nick Kyrgios hits the court. Novak volition beryllium backmost connected tribunal this [Saturday]. So delight enactment your hands unneurotic and privation Novak good for the remainder of today. We'll spot him backmost present connected [Saturday]."

It came conscionable a time aft Djokovic mislaid to Alexander Zverev.

The lucifer betwixt Kyrgios and Djokovic was arguably the astir highly-anticipated matter successful the teams-based tournament.

It was to beryllium the archetypal gathering betwixt them since Kyrgios' 4th acceptable nonaccomplishment astatine the hallowed London court.

Djokovic is expected to play connected Saturday wherever he'll look Felix Auger-Aliassime.

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