During the fourth round match with the Spaniard Pablo Carreño-Bustoy, Djokovic, having lost the serve with the score 5: 5 in the first set, without looking, hit the ball with a racket and hit the referee behind him in the neck.
After talking with the judge, Djokovic was disqualified for unsporting behavior.
First his shoulder and now this. @ DjokerNole has accidentally hit a line judge.
What will be the punishment? # USOpenpic.twitter.com / PO5mNVo3G6
- Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) September 6, 2020
Thus, Carreño-Busta advanced to the next round, where he will play either with the Canadian Denis Shapovalov, or with the Belgian David Goffin.
Earlier it was reported that Blinkova and Kudermetova reached the semifinals of the US Open in doubles.