Ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, Djokovic was tipped to win the gold medal considering his remarkable year so far. The Serbian has won the Australian Open, the French Open and Wimbledon this year. While he can no longer win the golden slam, he can still chase the calendar-year Grand Slam by winning the U.S. Open. No man has accomplished this feat since Rod Laver in 1969.Frustrated Novak Djokovic throws and smashes racketThe Tokyo Olympics bronze medal match between Novak Djokovic and Pablo Carreno Busta turned ugly as the Serbian lost his temper on multiple occasions. In the first instance, the world number one threw his racket in the stands after losing a frustrating point. However, the situation worsened in the third set when he was 3-0 down as Djokovic smashed his racket at the net. Both videos can be seen below.This is not the first time that the 20-time Grand Slam champion has vented out his frustrations. At the 2020 US Open, Nolle was trailing Pablo Carreno Busta 6-5 in the opening set when he hit a ball behind him in rage, unintentionally hitting the line judge in her neck. The Serbian was immediately disqualified following which an embarrassed Djokovic immediately took to social media to apologise for his actions.Djokovic lost his cool in his bronze medal match today. Don’t remember Djokovic losing his cool in this manner #Tokyo2020 #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/BSU4ahSYkN
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