Novak Djokovic: ‘At the beginning I wasn’t glad to be part of Nadal and Federer’s era’

This was my year. This is what Novak Djokovic makes intend after winning his 12th Grand Slam title, his first one at the Roland Garros. One of the keys was the support by the everyone, which maybe did not happen in the last years in the finals against Rafael Nadal:  ‘A lot has been going on in my mind ever since I arrived in Paris, but I felt like this year when I arrived that it’s really different from any other year. I felt that kind of support and love from the people around that allowed me to be sitting here with the trophy. That’s for sure. That kind of support was very well present at the stadium today.’

‘I entered the court quite prepared – he said analyzing the match – I started well first game, and then I dropped four games. Nerves kicked in. I needed a little bit of time to really find the right rhythm and start to play the way I intended, which happened in the beginning of the second and practically till 5-2 in the fourth set. It was flawless tennis. I really felt like I played on a high quality and putting a lot of pressure on Andy’s serves and just trying to hang in there.’And reveals a strange feeling: ‘When I broke him the second time and I got to 5-2 in the fourth, I just started laughing. I don’t know. I had that kind of emotion. I didn’t feel too much pressure, honestly. Maybe I took things a bit too lightly and just played a loose game at 5-2. Then 5-4 40-15, I felt the tension and excitement, all the emotions. In the last point I don’t even remember what happened. It was really one of those …

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