Novak Djokovic fell as soon as he entered Indian Wells. Not without entrusting his spleen in stride.
Botic van de Zandschulp was right as Novak Djokovic last night when the Serb was just his entry into the simple table of the Masters 1000 of Indian Wells (6-2, 3-6, 6-1). After the fact at a press conference, the former world number one openly confided in his state of mind of the moment.
“” There are no excuses for poor performanceDixit Novak Djokovic. It doesn’t make me happy to play in this way on the court, but I congratulate my opponent. It’s just a bad day in the office, I guess, for me. It’s hard to appreciate anything right now, really … “”
“Nothing can prepare you at this time”
In his analysis, “Nole” does not hide her difficulty in regaining consistency in the performance that was hers in the past. “” I am disappointed to have lost, but if you put things in perspective, of course, I had an incredible career. And when you are constant for so many years, you obviously expect a lot of yourself. Things have obviously changed for me in recent years, I have trouble playing at the desired level. “”
Semi-finalist of the Australian Open this year but then forced to abandon, Novak Djokovic wants to be fatalistic, if not resigned: ” From time to time, I have some good tournaments, but most of the time, it’s really a challenge, a fight for me. It’s like that, I think nothing can prepare you at this time. In a sense, you have to experience it and try to face it in the best possible way. “”
