• ‘I can smell it, I’m getting dizzy,’ Djokovic tells umpire during Rogers Cup win • World No1 says he also detected smell during previous day’s doubles match

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Novak Djokovic complained of being put off by the smell of cannabis on court during his Rogers Cup semi-final win over Jérémy Chardy.

After winning the first set 6-4 on Saturday, the world No1 approached the umpire’s chair and said: “Someone is smoking weed, I can smell it, I’m getting dizzy. Somebody is getting high. Can you smell it? The whole place smells of it.”

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Nonetheless Djokovic went on to win the second set 6-4 and reach Sunday’s final, where he will resume his rivalry with Andy Murray.

Djokovic said of the cannabis smell after his semi-final: “You can’t believe how bad it was. Whoever it is, I hope he doesn’t come back tomorrow. He’s probably on the seventh sky somewhere.”

The Serb said he had also noticed the issue during a doubles match with his partner Janko Tipsarevic the previous day. “Yesterday in the doubles match, today again. Somebody’s really enjoying his life around the tennis court,” he added.