Ben Shelton's father （人命などを）奪う，主張するs that Novak Djokovic 手配中の，お尋ね者 to 'mock' his son by imitating his phone-slamming 祝賀 after US Open 準決勝 勝利，勝つ

• e-mail

Ben Shelton's father has 示唆するd that?Novak Djokovic?had no other 意向s but to 'mock' his son when he imitated his phone-slamming 祝賀 after 敗北・負かすing the 20-year-old in the U.S. Open 準決勝.

Speaking to GQ just five days after Djokovic 敗北・負かすd No. 3-階級d Daniiil Medvedev to 勝利，勝つ his fourth U.S. Open 肩書を与える, Bryan Shelton （人命などを）奪う，主張するd the world's No. 1 'wants to be loved so much' that he had to copy his son, who was often 元気づけるd on by the home （人が）群がる 予定 to the 20-year 干ばつ since an American man last won in New York.

'He wants to be loved so much, Novak...' Bryan told the magazine as part of a 非常に長い feature on his son.?

'He 手配中の，お尋ね者 to mock Ben at the end. It wasn't something he was doing just to copy Ben. It was to mock him. And that's too bad, for that to come from such a 広大な／多数の／重要な 支持する／優勝者.'?

Djokovic won the first two 始める，決めるs against Shelton,? 6-3 6-2, before going toe-to-toe against the youngster in the third (7-6), which was decided by a tiebreaker (7-4 for Djokovic)?

Ben Shelton's father - Bryan (R) - said Novak Djokovic copied his son's 祝賀 to be loved?

Novak Djokovic copies Shelton's phone-slamming 祝賀 after his US Open 準決勝 勝利，勝つ

The セルビア人, 36, won his fourth U.S. Open 肩書を与える earlier this month to take his （野球の）満塁ホームラン，（テニスなどの）グランドスラム 一致する to 24?

Shelton?does his phone 祝賀 after his 準々決勝 matchup against フランs Tiafoe

After the final point, Djokovic mimicked 選ぶing up the phone and slamming it 負かす／撃墜する, which is the same 祝賀 that Shelton used after his upset of Francis Tiafoe in the previous 一連の会議、交渉／完成する.?

'I just love Ben's 祝賀,' Djokovic said after the semifinal 勝利，勝つ. 'I thought he was very 初めの and I copied him. I stole his 祝賀.'?

To Ben's credit, he didn't take the gesture as 本人自身で as his father did.?

'I don't like when I'm on social マスコミ, and I see people telling me how I can celebrate or can't celebrate,' said the Atlanta, Georgia, native, 追加するing: 'If you 勝利，勝つ the match, you deserve to do whatever you want.'

'As a kid, I always learned that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.'?

Shelton starred at the University of Florida with dad-coach Bryan before going プロの／賛成の last year

Although he didn't 反抗する the 半端物s by 敗北・負かすing Djokovic, Shelton, who only turned プロの／賛成の last year, said he 解任するd the way in which he approached the third 始める，決める against the セルビア人 and how it helped him go neck-to-neck against one of the best players of all time.

'Okay, I may not 勝利，勝つ this match,' Shelton remembers thinking. 'But I want this guy to know―I want the （人が）群がる to know―that I'm here to play. And that I'm going to be 支援する.'

Shelton, who starred at the University of Florida, is looking to build on his breakout year and is 存在 tipped to become the first male breakout 星／主役にする of US tennis since Andy Roddick. He spoke to GQ about the 圧力 of always 存在 in the public 注目する，もくろむ.

'At the U.S. Open, the camera and the mic are always there,' Shelton said. 'You go into the gym, they're に引き続いて you. I'm talking with Coco [Gauff] after we both won our match, there's a mic above our 長，率いる.'

'You don't really have a 安全な space where people aren't watching, Every once in a while, you say something you wish you didn't. And you just look at the camera that's caught you, it's in your 長，率いる a little bit.'?