NEW YORK—Novak Djokovic tore his shirt during his semifinal match against Gael Monfils at the U.S. Open, describing it as a gesture of emotion.
Djokovic pulled and tore the neck of the shirt as Monfils was serving for the third set, and then tore it further and took off upon dropping the third set.
"The quality is very good, by the way,” he said following the four-set victory. “I did rip it once, and then the second time, just in the heat I guess. In [the] heat of the moment."
In one of the oddest matches of 2016, Djokovic won, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.