Djokovic Remains Positive Despite Loss in Monte Carlo – Eyes Madrid and Rome Opportunities

However, the world number one also emphasized not to panic, even though the chance of his 41st Masters title was lost against an opponent he had easily beaten on clay in last year’s French Open final. Ruud hadn’t been able to take a single sentence from him in the five previous duels.

“I can certainly take positives with me, but I’m used to a really high standard in terms of expectations and results,” Djokovic said.

Before the Masters in Monte Carlo, the 36-year-old skipped the tournament in Miami after suffering a sensational defeat in Indian Wells against Luca Nardi, who was ranked 123rd in the world.

“I was in the semi-finals in Australia and in the semi-finals here. It’s usually to be expected that you have some seasons in which you don’t start well – this is one of them,” said Djokovic: “Hopefully I can improve.” He could build on the achievements in Monte Carlo. He “played good tennis there. Hopefully I can play even better in the next tournaments.”

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Starts planned in Madrid and Rome

Djokovic has only played four tournaments this season, but wants to increase the number of strokes in the clay court season that has now begun and play the tournaments in Madrid and Rome before returning to Roland Garros.

Instead of the two-time tournament winner, Ruud will now face the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final in Monte Carlo on Sunday, who beat the Australian Open winner and world number two Jannik Sinner from Italy in his semi-final.

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2024-04-14 09:17:00
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