Watch: Novak Djokovic gets booed after blowing kisses at partisan Wimbledon crowd

Novak Djokovic was booed by a section of the crowd at Centre Court following his 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 semi-final win over local lad and 9th seed Cameron Norrie on Friday. 

Djokovic had been playing in front of a partisan crowd that was firmly behind Norrie, who is the British No. 1, all evening. The young Brit had gotten off to a fairytale start, winning the first set comfortably. However, the defending champion, who was on a 26-match winning streak (now 27) at Wimbledon was always going to get into his groove eventually and come back fighting. 

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That’s exactly what transpired, as the 20-time Grand Slam winner went on to comfortably bag the 2nd and 3rd set in quick succession, to turn the tide on Norrie. The crowd started playing a more active role as the game progressed, perhaps trying their best to get into the top-seed’s head and thus give the home favourite any kind of advantage in a match that had started to slip away from his grasp. 

The Serbian was particularly hassled and called out by a few individuals from one specific section of the crowd towards the end of the match, and after Djokovic won match point and sealed his place in the final, he was quick to give some love back to that section of the crowd, blowing kisses their way, ironically of course! 

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The crowd responded to that with a chorus of boos, not that that will affect Djokovic, who is no stranger to such crowd behaviour throughout his long and successful career. 

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Djokovic shall now take on unseeded Nick Kyrgios from Australia, who has had a walkover into the final following Nadal’s withdrawal in the semis, and he expects some serious fireworks against the explosive Aussie. 

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It is anyone’s guess who the crowd shall be booing come Sunday as Kyrgios himself has had some juicy moments with the crowds at Wimbledon this year, including a skirmish where he spat in front of a fan who had been giving him grief during the game.

One thing is for sure- that it is going to be spicy out there, and you can follow all of that action tomorrow, Sunday 10th of July; the final commences at 2 pm local time!