Why Was Novak Djokovic Reprimanded From Lleyton Hewitt Tribute

Novak Djokovic: 'Lleyton Hewitt is a world whiz'

IT'S been a harsh week for Novak Djokovic.

There were the innumerable inquiries regarding match-altering, which maddened the Serb forever.

He had his name incorrectly spelled on the on-court dividers.

On Friday night, he is booked to have fun on Margaret Court Arena, the No. 2 quad at Melbourne Park. This is a five-time Australian Open champion we are discussing.

Be that as it may, maybe the greatest slight of all went ahead Thursday night, when he was bafflingly slash from Lleyton Hewitt's tribute tape as the Australian left Rod Laver Arena for one last time.

Roger Federer went first — and sufficiently reasonable, as well — expressing gratitude toward Hewitt for all that he'd accomplished for tennis and the immense competition.

I've adored each snippet of it, the great and the terrible, yet a large portion of it is great, the immense Swiss said.

Next up, world No. 2 Andy Murray, who conceded they hadn't played that numerous matches together however said he generally admired Hewitt and that the Aussie was dependably great to him, even as a more youthful player.

Congrats on a fantastic vocation, the Scot said.

At that point Rafael Nadal: "I generally had something extraordinary with you. You are a major motivation for my tennis and my attitude.

Lastly, the man Hewitt portrays as the eventual fate of Australian tennis Nick Kyrgios: I've let you know, and I'm going to let you know once more, 'Don't go, mate ... to be straightforward you're still the best player in Australia.

The video ceased as Hewitt was joined by his kids on focus court, before advancing through the passage to an overwhelming applause.

World No. 1 Djokovic's recorded message was cut.

Hey Lleyton, Djokovic started in the erased cut.

"Tennis is going to miss you. You've been an awesome companion, an incredible contender. You've conveyed such a great amount to this game. You've conveyed such a great amount to Australia.

I'm happy to be a piece of the period of tennis with you.

Here's to you. All the best.

The tweet beneath demonstrates the tribute video in full, including the Djokovic area that was cut on court toward the Tennis Australia apologized for the scorn, crediting it to a "creation blunder."

"Because of a generation blunder tragically the wrong video was appeared on the night. Novak's message was recorded on an alternate day to alternate players so there were a few adaptations made. The full form, which included Novak, went up online the previous evening and we've apologized toward Novak's group, an manager told.

On Wednesday, a disappointed Djokovic required those making debasement assertions to give verification in the wake of impacting as "preposterous" an Italian daily paper that proposed he could have tossed a match.

It's not genuine, the 28-year-old Serb told a strained public interview when gotten some information about the proposal in Tuttosport daily paper about his 2007 thrashing by Frenchman Fabrice Santoro at the Paris Masters.

After a day, Santoro ignored the match-altering claims.

"I was never the best player on the planet yet I'd beaten 19 of the 23 best players on the planet, and a week prior to I'd beaten American Andy Roddick, who was world number five, Santoro, who was positioned 39 at the time, told BeIN Sports TV.