SAY IT TO MY FACE
Daily Record|January 18, 2024
Novak faces up heckler during his battling win
YASMIN SYED
SAY IT TO MY FACE

NOVAK DJOKOVIC accused an Australian Open heckler of ‘crossing the line’ during his second-round win over Alexei Popyrin yesterday.

And pal Nick Kyrgios threatened to "go all WWE" to sort out the unruly spectator.

Djokovic survived another tough test in Melbourne - three days after he played a four-hour thriller in the first round.

The defending champion dropped the second set and saved four set points in the third before storming back to beat Australian Popyrin 6-3 4-6 7-6(4) 6-3.

The turning point for the top seed came at 2-2 in the fourth, when someone in the crowd started heckling him.

This story is from the January 18, 2024 edition of Daily Record.

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