{"id":533101,"date":"2026-03-11T10:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T10:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/533101\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T10:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T10:50:11","slug":"tennis-news-2026-novak-djokovic-requests-video-review-for-hinderance-defeated-in-mens-doubles-match-with-teammate-stefanos-tsitsipas-indian-wells-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/533101\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis news 2026 | Novak Djokovic requests video review for hinderance, defeated in men’s doubles match with teammate Stefanos Tsitsipas, Indian Wells results"},"content":{"rendered":"

Novak Djokovic<\/a> featured in a rare doubles draw at Indian Wells, playing alongside Stefanos Tsitsipas<\/a>, and the star-studded pairing were drawn into a controversial moment when the Serbian megastar called for a video review that prompted laughter in the stands.<\/p>\n

Facing French opponents Arthur Rinderknech and Valentin Vacherot a bizarre act by Rinderknech during a point that ended with a Tsitsipas shot that went long drew the ire of Djokovic.<\/p>\n

After a review, the point was awarded to Djokovic and Tsitsipas, with the umpire ruling that the Greek’s error was caused by distraction.<\/p>\n

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In the midst of an intense rally, Rinderknech stood on the baseline and made a movement with his racquet while Tsitsipas prepared to smash the ball in his direction.<\/p>\n

\"Arthur<\/p>\n

Arthur Rinderknech waves his racquet at the far end of the court as Stefanos Tsitsipas goes to hit the ball.\u00a0YouTube<\/p>\n

Djokovic was fast to point out the act, immediately requesting a review for hindrance.<\/p>\n

“Djokovic is requesting a video review. The vide review will check if his opponent somehow distracted him during the point,” the umpire announced.<\/p>\n

The 24-time grand slam champion was then seen speaking with Rinderknech at the net while the review went on, with the French star replicating his movements for Djokovic.<\/p>\n

\"Novak<\/p>\n

Novak Djokovic pleas with the umpire after a rival’s act of hinderance.\u00a0YouTube<\/p>\n

But a replay of the incident showed that Rinderknech did in fact wave his racquet around on the baseline, just as Djokovic had observed. Tsitsipas then hit his shot long.<\/p>\n

Rinderknech smiled throughout the unusual encounter, but did at one point plead his own case to the umpire.<\/p>\n

The chair umpire then confirmed the official decision of the review.<\/p>\n

\"Novak<\/p>\n

Novak Djokovic of Serbia (R) and Stefanos Tsitsipas between points against Arthur Rinderknech and Valentin Vacherot.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

“After the video review, Rinderknech moved his racquet. This is interpreted to be a hindrance, therefore point to Djokovic and Tsitsipas,” he said.<\/p>\n

A cheer from the stands then echoed around the venue while Rinderknech laughed.<\/p>\n

But that point was not enough to secure the Serbian superstar and Tsitsipas victory.<\/p>\n

Rinderknech and Vacherot went on to dominate the rest of the match, winning 7-6(4), 7-5.<\/p>\n

The pair will take on another pairing of singles specialists, Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev, in the third round.<\/p>\n

Djokovic will shift his focus to the singles tournament at Indian Wells. Tsitsipas will travel to compete at the Miami Open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic featured in a rare doubles draw at Indian Wells, playing alongside Stefanos Tsitsipas, and the star-studded…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-533101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}