Novak Djokovic suddenly found himself at 4-6, 4-6, against his compatriot Laslo Djere. “I should have done better, but we shouldn’t detract from him because I have never seen him play that way,” analyzed the Serbian playing at two in the morning, already over the scare and with the pass to the round of 16 tie .
He came back, winning 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 and 6-3. There was a before and after in his visit to the bathroom after losing the second set. returned one Djokovic.
The rule allows a player to request to go to the bathroom at the end of a set. There are two Grand Slam requests if the match is extended, the ATP one will go to three sets.
The time is counted from 2021, when the ATP decided to take action because there were tennis players who spent too long in the bathroom or locker room. especially the greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, that in those pauses hastened the creation of a clear standard.
Three minutes in the bathroom, the trip was pointless. There are two extra minutes if there is also a change of clothes, if the tennis player signals to the umpire’s chair.
It doesn’t do much, but it’s important to athletes when they’re drenched in sweat, have emergencies, or just need to stop and think off the pitch. Taking a personal break, too, with or without intention, stop the enemy’s revolutions.
Djokovic explained what he did in the bathroom to the coach and television commentator Brad Gilbert. The visit is more than just physiological relief.
“I did a little pep talk in front of the mirror,” he said. By myself because entry to any other person is prohibited. Behind him he has a tournament agent monitoring this situation.
“I kind of laughed at myself because I was upset and I was upset with the result, I kind of forced myself to get up, to lift my spirits,” he explained.
The therapy worked. As Carlos Alcaraz, who slept 0-2, said, “thinking he’ll come back, of course.” This was the opinion of the majority when ‘Nole’ returned to the plant.
Source: La Verdad
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