What do you do when you are losing matches and fails to advance in several major tournaments? You make yourself an idiot and a fool in front of everyone to become more relevant.
This is what tennis player Frances Tiafoe did when he made his opinion public regarding the 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic.
Tiafoe has been in a slump of late, losing to Jan-Lennard Struff in the third round of the US Open and suffering an opening-round loss to Marton Fucsovics at the Japan Open. Before that tournament even started, the American talked about wanting to challenge the top two players in the world, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner.
When discussing the current state of the ATP Tour, Tiafoe said he doesn't count Novak Djokovic as the "third guy" behind Alcaraz and Sinner.
"There's a couple more guys who've got to join them. I'm not saying beat them, but there's got to be (other) guys - and that motivates me," Tiafoe said, via the Olympics website. "I’m like, yo, who's that third guy? Who's that fourth guy? Novak (Djokovic) doesn't count. He’s 40. I love him, but doesn't count. He’s 40. He's a GOAT, he's the best player of all time. He's not with those guys."
Unsurprisingly countless tennis fans ripped Tiafoe for these remarks.
"A mouth shut because every time he speaks only filth comes out of it, Novak may be 38 years old but he reaches the semifinals of GS while Tiafoe does not advance to the second round of an ATP 500," one fan replied.
"Oh boy. Novak is not gonna like that comment. Foe better prepare to lose 6-1 6-1 6-1 next time he faces Novak. Just killed any chance of beating Novak right there," a second fan wrote.
"Tiafoe just sealed his early retirement," another fan said.
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