
Having fought back to fitness following long-term injuries, Cooper rupturing his Achilles tendon last August and Kerevi suffering a serious ACL issue that same month, the pair could end up as the front-line 10-12 duo over the early part of Jones’s tenure.Īustralia will not be wanting for dynamic backs. He adores the cut and thrust of World Cups, and picking Quade Cooper and Samu Kerevi in the famous black and white hoops is a canny move as the tournament creeps closer. Whether or not that delicious scenario arises later this year, Jones is sure to look back on overseeing the Barbarians against the World XV as a useful exercise. This isn’t the first time, however, that Djokovic has let his frustrations get the better of him and then smash his racket in anger at a major event.There already seems to be an air of inevitability about Eddie Jones coming up against Steve Borthwick and England on a mid-October weekend in Marseilles for a World Cup quarter-final. Sunday’s match is quite the historic one for Djokovic, as a win could give him the first men’s Grand Slam in 52 years. Prior to his frustrated outburst, Djokovic also was visibly angered after hitting a ball back into the net earlier in the set as well. Still no break, huge frustration for Djokovic /q3PrYGD7z3ĭjokovic was given a racket abuse warning for the incident as well. Here’s how the moment went down at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York.ĭjokovic was noticeably frustrated during the second set at the #USOpen /K2vh7mC3Lp Open crowd cheered along with the proceedings. In response to the mistake, Djokovic melted down and smashed up his racket in anger at his performance while the U.S.


After losing the first set 6-4, Djokovic was looking to make a comeback to tie up the match when he hit a routine forehand out of bounds. Open final between Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev, the former let his frustration show in a big way during the second set. Things are not going Novak Djokovic’s way at the U.S.
