No fun for Joker


Not so cool: Novak Djokovic smashes his racquet during his bronze medal match against Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta yesterday. ­— AFP

TOKYO: Novak Djokovic came to the Tokyo Olympics aiming for a Golden Slam. He’ll leave without a medal and will need some time to recover from a draining performance in extreme conditions that didn’t meet expectations.

The top-ranked Djokovic lost his cool and abused his racquet several times during a 6-4, 6-7 (6-8), 6-3 loss to Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain in the bronze-medal match of the tennis tournament yesterday.

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