{"id":295772,"date":"2023-10-29T08:40:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T08:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=295772"},"modified":"2023-10-29T08:40:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T08:40:42","slug":"novak-djokovic-savages-tennis-rival-after-im-coming-for-you-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-savages-tennis-rival-after-im-coming-for-you-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic savages tennis rival after ‘I’m coming for you’ threat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Novak Djokovic says he will 'keep going' after US Open win<\/h3>\n

Novak Djokovic sent a savage response back to Italian rival\u00a0Matteo Arnaldi after the 22-year-old joked that he was “coming for” the Serbian superstar. An image of Arnaldi attempting to return a shot while doing the splits made the rounds on social media earlier this week and the world No 46 took the opportunity to use his viral moment to call out Djokovic.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Arnaldi reposted a 50\/50 picture of him and Spider-Man doing the splits to his Instagram story and left a playful note for the 24-time Grand Slam winner, who is known for his in-game gymnastics. “@djokernole I’m coming for you,” he wrote below the Tennis Channel post, captioned: “Tell us he’s not Spider-Man.”<\/p>\n

Djokovic then returned fire with a brutal comeback.\u00a0“First, you need to be facing the net and not the wall. Then we can talk,” he wrote back. Arnaldi has never played Djokovic before but he did get an opportunity to train with his idol at the 2022 Italian Open.<\/p>\n

Speaking about his experience, he said:\u00a0“Novak has always been my idol and that\u2019s why I entered the field a bit tense. It was an incredible feeling to be able to trade with the No 1 in the world.<\/p>\n

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“Technically I found him extremely clean compared to the others I have played with up to now. His ball is very flat and you have a hard time playing with it, even on clay. It takes away your time, you can\u2019t do anything you have in mind.”<\/p>\n

Arnaldi has always looked up to his elder statesman and previously branded himself the\u00a0\u201clittle Novak Djokovic\u201d during an interview with Italian newspaper\u00a0Il Messaggero.\u00a0\u201cGiven the due proportions, there are some similarities: I too would define myself as a counter-attacker and I have always done the splits,” he said when asked why he had given himself the nickname.<\/p>\n

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