Fed-up Novak Djokovic walks out of interview after fan question as Alex De Minaur is warned not to wind him up

Novak Djokovic cut short an interview after repeatedly being asked about his post-match rant against Holger Rune at Wimbledon.

Djokovic was furious after beating Rune in straight sets to reach the quarter-final at Wimbledon, hitting out at fans who were chanting 'Ruuuune' but sounded like boos.

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He made sure they knew about it, too, in his on-court interview after his win by telling them to have a 'gooood night' and branding them 'disrespectful'.

And the 24-time Grand Slam winner stuck to his guns in his post-match interview with the BBC before losing his cool by the time they had asked him a third question on the matter.

He hit back at BBC reporter Rishi Pershad: "Do you have any questions other than the crowd?

"I mean are you focused only on that or any questions about the match, or something like that?

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"Or is it solely focused on that? This is the third question already, I said what I have to say, maybe we can speak about something else."

After trying to change to subject to his next opponent Alex de Minaur, Djokovic gave a short answer before getting up and walking out.

Aussie star De Minaur has beaten Arthur Fils and Jaume Munar en route to the quarter-final, having also been given a walkover in the third round against Lucas Pouille.

But the world ranked no. 9 has been warned against getting under Djokovic's skin by countryman Mark Philippoussis.

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He said: "I saw a little bit of what happened.

"I could see him on the change of ends doing something, and I was like: 'Okay, something's happening, someone's p***ed him off,’ which is a bad idea.

“You don't want to p*** off Novak! I think he wants to hear 'boo', to be honest with you, because it makes him play better.

"If I were to play him, I would just give him compliments on a change of ends.

“I don't want to p*** that guy off, that's for sure. The guy is a beast. I love to see that. It is part of what he brings to the tournament."

Djokovic and De Minaur will do battle on Centre Court on Wednesday afternoon.