Novak Djokovic won the Australian Open on Sunday. The Serbian was crowned at the Rod Laver Arena for the tenth time, culminating in an impeccable tournament in which he showed great excellence over all his rivals… or almost all.
And it was that there was a day where everything was about to fall apart: in the third round duel against Grigor Dimitrov. “That day Novak couldn’t even move and he struggled to find winning shots on the second or third shot of each point. I was so scared of that fight because Grigor was always a dangerous rival, but he made a mistake and he gave a hand. From there, Djokovic’s level was amazing” revealed Goran Ivanisevic in an interview for TennisMajors.
In the opinion of the Croatian coach, Dimitrov “just played the wrong way, he didn’t set up the game properly on a tactical level”that allowed his student to overcome that difficult moment and get to the game, and eventually a title that the whole team wanted.
“I still can’t believe what he did. There was some minor damage, but it got noticeably worse. Every day I have 37,000 medical commitments to try to improve, I think more time was wasted in the car in this edition than all the previous ones, from one place to another,” he explained.
“All the emotions he’d held back for more than two weeks came out when he won and came over to hug everyone on the team. The truth is that I am very proud to work with Novak, it is a great pride for me, I always learn something and what I experience with him is really crazy.” concluded the former Wimbledon champion.
Source: La Verdad
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