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Lahyani was using Italian first, and then English, but the drama surrounding the whole performance made it difficult for Djokovic to judge exactly how much time he had left.Īt least the players maintained a spirit of mutual respect throughout, in contrast to Djokovic’s stormy encounter with Norrie on Tuesday. This might seem like an obscure detail, but officiating guidelines state that an umpire should start the 25-second shot clock immediately after announcing the score. While Lahyani is generally rated among the best umpires on the tour, he is also notorious for the flamboyant – and extremely loud – manner in which he announces the score. The outburst drew knowing nods from tennis fans on social media. “Are you acting here or what? Why do you call the score for 20 seconds?”

“What’s the drama of you waiting between English and Italian?” yelled Djokovic, who had just been warned for exceeding the allotted 25-second period between points. The outburst came 24 hours after Djokovic’s feisty run-in with British No 1 Cameron Norrie, and shortly before he was eliminated from the Italian Open by Denmark’s Holger Rune. Having received a time-violation warning from chair umpire Mohamed Lahyani, the world No 1 responded by accusing the Swede of behaving more like a thespian than a tennis official.

Novak Djokovic’s fractious week in Rome continued with another on-court showdown.