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US Open Takeaways #3: Djokovic takes a toe-y timeout

#Toegate captured the attention of a lot of people, including pla

ByJonathan Scott

Published Sep 15, 2016

See No. 4 in the count down of the winners and losers, the best or worst or most memorable stories from the 2016 US Open.

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Kelsey Anderson, manager/wife of Kevin Anderson, knowingly toasted Djokovic's rather toasted feet during one of his full medical timeouts against Wawrinka in the men's singles final, a contest between brutal wills and fantastic shotmakers.

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WTA pro Shelby Rogers wasn't convinced that Djokovic hadn't deployed the use of medical timeout as a tactic to stall Stan's advance on the title.

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