WATCH: Novak Djokovic booed after celebrating massively at Roland Garros

| by Zachary Wimer

In the first round of the 2022 Roland Garros, Novak Djokovic showed a dominant performance against Yoshihito Nishioka when he lost only 4 games, but the crowd in Paris didn't like his celebrations.

The Japanese player never won more than three games in a set against the Serbian in their first two clashes, and that trend continued in Paris this year. Novak Djokovic barely spent 2 hours on court in the first round of the 2022 Roland Garros to get to the second round.

Djokovic destroys Nishioka as he moves to second round at 2022 Roland Garros
Djokovic destroys Nishioka as he moves to second round at 2022 Roland Garros

Despite making the same number of unforced errors as his opponent, the Serbian hit twice as many wins and nine aces, leading to an easy three-set triumph. Rafael Nadal dropped 6 games in his first-round victory earlier today, but his biggest competitor had an even better showing, dropping only 4 games.

But very interesting scenes occurred in the second set of the match when Djokovic was up 1-0 and serving on deuce in the second game and after his opponent missed a shot, he celebrated loudly what the crowd apparently didn't like. After winning another point and the game, he celebrated even more and got booed one more time.

In a commentary for Eurosport, Tim Henman and John McEnroe reacted to the situation when the American initially said: "Look at this guy, first round." After the crowd started booing, he continued: "I don't know why are they booing, oh my goodness. Are you kidding me? Why would they boo that?"

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