Pablo Carreno Busta expresses his shock at Novak Djokovic's US Open exit

Reaction from Pablo Carre Busta after his opponent, top seed and tournament favourite vak Djokovic, was defaulted from ir fourth-round match at US Open on Sunday after he accidentally hit a line judge in neck with a tennis ball.

It was a stunning end to Djokovic’s bid for an 18th Grand Slam title and his 26-0 start to this season.

"In accordance with Grand Slam rulebook, following his actions of intentionally hitting a ball dangerously or recklessly within court or hitting a ball with negligent disregard of consequences, U.S. Open tournament referee defaulted vak Djokovic from 2020 U.S. Open," U.S. Tennis Association anunced.

Djokovic h just lost his serve to Carre Busta to fall behind 6-5 in first set when incident occurred.

As he walked to sideline for changeover, Djokovic smacked a ball behind him. ball hit line judge, who dropped to her knees at back of court and reached for her neck.

After a discussion of several minutes with officials on court, including tournament referee Soeren Friemel, Djokovic walked over to shake hands with Carre Busta. Chair umpire Aurelie Tourte n anunced default.

re appeared to be intent on Djokovic's part to hit line judge as he wasn't looking in that direction when his racquet me contact with ball, and he was clearly concerned as soon as he realised what h happened.