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Spectator booted out during Novak Djokovic vs Alexander Zverev as French Open security show quick response
Novak Djokovic's French Open quarter-final match vs Alexander Zverev saw a spectator get kicked out due bad behaviour.
Novak Djokovic sealed a stunning comeback win against Alexander Zverev in the French Open 2025 quarter-final fixture, on Thursday. Losing the first set 4-6, Djokovic fought back to take the second set, 6-3. Then he clinched the remaining sets to finish a 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 victory.
The match also saw a bizarre interruption when security gaurds swooped in and took a spectator away. The incident happened in the fourth set when the spectator started shouting. Zverev and the chair umpire were already observing the fan.
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With the Serbian about to serve, there was disruption from the spectator, who was a female, again. Meanwhile, the chair umpire addressed her, stating, “Madame, madame.”
Then the security spoke to a man, and removed him. TNT Sports commentator Nick Mullins said, “Well I’m not entirely sure what started this but all of a sudden there’s security guards around and a gentleman is being led out. His evening looks like it’s over.”
Meanwhile, Jim Courier joked, “He wasn’t a seat filler like they have at the Oscars?”
Speaking after the defeat, Zverev said, “I think at the moment he's a bit underrated, to be honest.”
“Funny that you say that, but I think like a lot of people count him out already, but this year he's had wins over Carlos at the Australian Open, he has had a win over me at the French Open. Forget the age. I think for any player, those are pretty good results.”
Further praising Djokovic, he added, “He’s still beating the best of the best. So I think everybody needs to respect that.”
“He's won 24 of these things. I think, yes, I expected him to be able to play like this. I have not seen him play like this this year yet. I think it was very, very high level from him. It was at some point difficult for me. I mean, in the first set when the sun was not completely down, there was still some heat on the court. I could still, I felt like, hit some winners and do some damage with my serve. Then later on when it got really, really cold, I couldn't really do much.”
