Novak Djokovic admitted he was drained after his Serbian Open ultimate defeat to Andrey Rublev however says he’s making progress and looking out on the positives.
Djokovic has had a tough yr to date following the well-documented Australian Open state of affairs in January the place he was prevented from enjoying resulting from covid-19 vaccination causes.
The world primary has solely performed three tournaments since then, shedding within the quarter ultimate in Dubai and struggling a shock first spherical exit in Monte Carlo earlier than competing in his dwelling match in Serbia.
And after successful three difficult three-set matches to achieve the Serbian Ultimate, Djokovic couldn’t go all the way in which shedding within the third set to world quantity eight Andrey Rublev.
Regardless of the loss, Djokovic was inspired by his total efficiency in Belgrade and stated he hopes his progress will proceed.
“I’ve to have a look at the positives, I performed the ultimate in entrance of my dwelling crowd,” Djokovic stated in his post-match press convention.
“It was unlucky that within the third set I ran out of gasoline and couldn’t give it extra of a battle. Congrats to Andrey for enjoying one other nice week. He’s on the prime of the lads’s sport and probably the greatest gamers for a cause.
“I might have simply misplaced within the first match, so after 4 powerful three-set battles all I can say is I’m drained. Successful the powerful three-set battles earlier than this match will serve me effectively for the continuation of the season.”
The Serbian got here again from a set down within the ultimate to take the second set to a tie break, however then light within the ultimate set, shedding 2-6, 7-6, 0-6.
“I didn’t really feel too drained till the tip of the second set,” Djokovic stated after the match.
“The 5-4 sport was a protracted sport and that’s once I began to not really feel nice. I believe I performed effectively within the tie-break.
“I got here out able to battle one other set, but it surely wasn’t [a] very nice factor for individuals to see on the courtroom, so I’m sorry for that type of expertise as I knew individuals wished to see me battle and attempt to win. However it wasn’t to be this time.
“At the very least this unhealthy feeling bodily got here within the fourth match quite than the primary match in Monte Carlo,” Djokovic stated. “Issues are progressing slowly however certainly.”
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