{"id":298885,"date":"2023-11-28T02:24:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T02:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=298885"},"modified":"2023-11-28T02:24:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T02:24:27","slug":"djokovics-winning-french-open-racket-could-sell-for-over-100000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/tennis\/djokovics-winning-french-open-racket-could-sell-for-over-100000\/","title":{"rendered":"Djokovic&apos;s winning French Open racket could sell for over $100,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Novak Djokovic&#8217;s winning racket from the 2016 French Open final goes up for auction seven years after a lucky fan caught it in the crowd&#8230; and experts believe it could sell for over $100,000<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>After beating Andy Murray, Djokovic threw racquet was thrown into the crowd<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Some experts believe the racket may fetch a price of over $100,000\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Novak Djokovic&#8217;s match-winning racket from the 2016 French Open\u00a0final\u00a0has been put up for auction &#8211; and experts believe it could sell for over six figures.<\/p>\n<p>After defeating Andy Murray\u00a0in four sets at Roland Garros, Djokovic drew a love heart into the clay with his racket before throwing it into the crowd, where it was caught by lucky fan Abby Doherty.<\/p>\n<p>Seven years on, the racket is now up for sale through California-based SCP Auctions, and the highest bid is currently at $19,489.<\/p>\n<p>However, some experts believe the price could eventually soar past $100,000.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was all in slow motion. He just flung it into the crowd,&#8217; Doherty said about catching the\u00a0racket after it was thrown into the crowd. &#8216;I had an &#8220;Oh my God&#8221; moment because it was coming right toward us.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/01\/78303017-12797695-image-m-17_1701133206222.jpg\" height=\"615\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Novak Djokovic &#8216;s match-winning racket from the 2016 French Open final is up for auction<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/01\/78303021-12797695-image-m-18_1701133253194.jpg\" height=\"605\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The racket, caught by lucky fan\u00a0Abby Doherty (pictured), could sell for over $100,000<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It hit my hand and it was deflected to the ground. I sprinted to it and put my foot on the racquet and grabbed the handle. I held onto it real tight.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;After the match I ran down to the place where he exited the court. &#8216;I wanted to get him to sign it, but I was unable to get his attention.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 27-inch-long racket features Djokovic&#8217;s custom double-wrapped, calfskin leather grip, and also shows signs of wear and tear from the match with Murray.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Novak&#8217; is also labeled within the throat across from a manually affixed &#8216;SUN 27.0&#8217; white sticker, that can be seen in pictures from the match.<\/p>\n<p>The butt underneath the handle is properly labeled &#8216;4-3\/8,&#8217; which also matches up with Djokovic&#8217;s custom racquets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was a really tough decision,&#8217; Doherty said on her decision to put the racquet up for sale.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You&#8217;ve got this really cool piece of sports memorabilia but it&#8217;s been sitting in my closet for like, six years.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/article-12797695\/Novak-Djokovic-racket-auction-French-Open-final.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novak Djokovic&#8217;s winning racket from the 2016 French Open final goes up for auction seven years after a lucky fan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298884,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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