He mastered Djokovic of the young American in a match where he did not lead only with him, but with blisters, but at the end of the match pointed out that everything was fine and thanked the audience in New York.
– Good evening everyone, thank you for coming tonight. It was great to feel like playing on Sunday night for the first time in her career. I’ve never started a tournament on Sunday before and I certainly would like to be that way in the future. As always, the best night session in the world is right here – at Arthur Ashe. You are great fans, thank you very much, the atmosphere was fantastic. It’s great to get back here, “Djokovic said, enthusiastic fans.
In his style, Novak also looked at the flow of a match, which, after a convincing first set, brought a real drama in another.
– He was quite a strange match. The first set lasted a little over 20 minutes, second even an hour and 20. Completely different sets. I think the key was to deal with nervous in another set. When I did it, I started to feel better and finished my match in a good way. I could even better, but all in all, a good start of the tournament – he pointed out Novak.
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The interesting fact is that Djokovic performs at 19. US Open, while his rival is only 19 years old. The Serbian tennis player did not fail to comment on that symbolic moment.
– To be honest, I wish I had a year as much Learner Tien, but that is not possible. He is double younger than me – that’s amazing. When you enter the late 30s, it all comes down to save energy for what is most important. The body is not recovering like sometimes, so I try to work on it, but also to keep the mental freshness to bend with the younger players – said Serbian tennis player.
However, the desire for the competition is still worse.
– I still have a desire to fight. The audience helps me and give me energy. Sometimes I wish I was younger, but I have to be grateful for a great career I had here in New York and around the world. I want to continue to compete and I hope you all enjoy my tennis – Djokovic concluded.
In the second round, he will play against another American, 143. The player of the Holy Svajdae, who was better than the Hungarian Zsomor Piros.
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