<p class="title">Top seed Novak Djokovic angrily blamed floodlights for dropping a set for the first time at this year's Australian Open after beating Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Serb is looking for a record seventh Aussie crown but was left fuming when leading 3-0 in the third set against the 25th-seeded Canadian when the powerful lights blazed on all around Rod Laver Arena -- in bright sunshine.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An irritated Djokovic lost his focus completely and dropped six of the next seven games after querying French umpire Damien Dumusois why the lights were on.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I think there was no sense to turn on lights on court at 5:00 pm when we have another four hours of daylight," fumed the Serb 17-time Grand Slam winner.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Did you guys see the balls well?," he asked the crowd.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I saw them well too," he said to a huge cheer.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Completely unnecessary to turn on the lights. The explanation I got was for TV reasons. I hope the viewers enjoyed it," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The normally mild-mannered Djokovic even received a code violation for verbally jousting with someone in the crowd who shouted "Nervous?", as he faced three break points at 4-4, 0-40 in the third set.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Up till his mini-meltdown, Djokovic had made his outing on centre court look like an afternoon practice session for two-and-a-half sets against Shapovalov, one of the NextGen stars tipped to take over from the sport's old guard</p>.<p class="bodytext">He skilfully dominated the 19-year-old, who could not find enough winners to throw the 14-time Grand Slam winner off his stride until a TV director's decision gave him a helping hand.</p>
<p class="title">Top seed Novak Djokovic angrily blamed floodlights for dropping a set for the first time at this year's Australian Open after beating Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Serb is looking for a record seventh Aussie crown but was left fuming when leading 3-0 in the third set against the 25th-seeded Canadian when the powerful lights blazed on all around Rod Laver Arena -- in bright sunshine.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An irritated Djokovic lost his focus completely and dropped six of the next seven games after querying French umpire Damien Dumusois why the lights were on.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I think there was no sense to turn on lights on court at 5:00 pm when we have another four hours of daylight," fumed the Serb 17-time Grand Slam winner.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Did you guys see the balls well?," he asked the crowd.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I saw them well too," he said to a huge cheer.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Completely unnecessary to turn on the lights. The explanation I got was for TV reasons. I hope the viewers enjoyed it," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The normally mild-mannered Djokovic even received a code violation for verbally jousting with someone in the crowd who shouted "Nervous?", as he faced three break points at 4-4, 0-40 in the third set.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Up till his mini-meltdown, Djokovic had made his outing on centre court look like an afternoon practice session for two-and-a-half sets against Shapovalov, one of the NextGen stars tipped to take over from the sport's old guard</p>.<p class="bodytext">He skilfully dominated the 19-year-old, who could not find enough winners to throw the 14-time Grand Slam winner off his stride until a TV director's decision gave him a helping hand.</p>