‘Thank you!’ – Novak Djokovic has Australian Open crowd laughing with response to heckler in Enzo Couacaud win

There was a comical moment in Novak Djokovic’s second round win against Enzo Couacaud at the Australian Open when the Serbian thanked a fan for telling a heckler to “shut up”.

It came as Djokovic readied a serve in the third set as he looked to close out a game to take a 3-0 lead, to which a spectator shouted something unclear towards the top seed.

This prompted another member of the crowd to tell the heckler to be quiet – in not-so-polite terms – to which Djokovic responded “thank you”.

His response received a roar of laughter from the crowd as Djokovic chuckled to himself before he sarcastically mouthed “finally”.

But Djokovic managed to go on to win the match 6-1 6-7(5) 6-2 6-0 as he eased into the third round.

There was a worrying moment when the 35-year-old required a medical timeout for an ongoing hamstring injury in the second set and left the court for treatment.

Djokovic will face Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in the third round.

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