Novak Djokovic rebuffs cheat suggestions

Djokovic was asked about unguarded comments made by his own coach Boris Becker which have blown up into a sizable talking point.

Becker had told Five Live: "There are moments when he looks up and he needs assurance that what he is doing is right. And then we have our ways about it to tell him it's good or tell him it's bad. And then it's up to him to change it."

Djokovic rebuffed claims that said communication was cheating on the eve of the tournament and bristled when questioned on it again after his opening match against Philipp Kohlschreiber.

discuss accusations of on-court coaching from his box, specifically three-times Wimbledon champion Boris Becker.

"I'm just trying to figure out what you want to achieve with this story," Djokovic said. "I don't understand what you really want. Do you want to say I'm cheating, my team?

"I'm really trying to figure out what's behind this."

"I'm going to repeat myself," he added.

"I'm going to say that there are certain ways of communication which is encouragement, which is support, which is understanding the moment when to, you know, clap or say something that can lift my energy up.

"But it's all within the rules."