We had a better start to the season. After the Australian episode, the defeat in the quarters in Dubai, here is the elimination from his first match in Monte-Carlo. Novak Djokovic explained his defeat on Tuesday in the second round of the Masters 1000 in Monte-Carlo by a sudden and violent loss of energy, he who was only playing his fourth match of the year, while recognizing the superiority of Alejandro Davidovich. “I didn’t like the way I felt in the third set. I was completely out of energy, I couldn’t hold the exchange. On land, if you can’t hold the exchange because you can’t feel your legs anymore, it’s mission impossible. I don’t like this feeling, but we will see with my team why I felt like this and we will start from scratch. I hope I will be better next week in Belgrade. »
For his recovery on clay, the Serb indeed seemed very short physically. What to be worried about Roland-Garros, which arrives next month? “I will not stop there, I will continue to work and I hope to achieve my best form for Roland-Garros, this is my big objective for the season on earth promises the world No. I knew it would take time to be at my best on clay, it has always been the case historically: I never played well the opening tournaments of the season on clay. But that’s how it is, I have to accept it and keep working. »
If the question of the physical does not seem to worry him too much, there is no point in trying to try that of the moral. After his disastrous start to the season and the Australian rocamboles, “Djoko” still feels as solid. “I always thought I was going to get back in the game and win it, even if things went wrong on the court and especially physically. In these circumstances, you have to work twice as hard. I expected this match to be tough, to be a physical fight, and it was. Unfortunately, my week ends there and I have to try to be optimistic and build myself up for Roland-Garros where I want to be on top. »
