Novak Djokovic He said on Thursday that he was not very fresh after playing so many games in the USA Open who won last Sunday, but he seems confident and eager for Serbia to get the three points this Friday against Spain at the crossroads of the two group C of the Davis Cupwhich was debated this week at Valencia.
“I don’t know yet if I will play, because this is a team competition and it is about making the best possible lineup to win. I don’t have much time to recover, I will try to do everything I can, adapt my body and my conditions to give my country the classification,” said the Serbian in a press conference upon arrival at the headquarters.
Djokovic, who will debut as world number one in Valencia after his victory in the United States, also said that “this competition is very important” and he hopes to show his best game. “I hope tomorrow we can win against Spain and we can qualify. The three points are very important, it is also important to win the doubles because everything is important,” he said.
Spain lost 3-0 to the Czech Republic in its group opener, so it needs to beat Serbia on Friday and South Korea on Sunday to secure qualification for the finals in Malaga in November.
Djokovic said that Davis is the sporting tournament with the most tradition in history because representing your country is very specific and, on the other hand, he said about the Spanish. Alexander Davidovich: “We have trained together on several occasions over the years in Marbella. He has been playing his best tennis over the past year. He has achieved great victories and is complete.”
“Alcaraz has played a lot this year”
About the last minute absence of Carlos Alcaraz On the Spanish team he said that we should understand why he did not attend, because he also did not play all the Davis Cup matches with Serbia because many individual tournaments are played throughout the year and the players feel tired
“It’s normal, you play a lot of individual tournaments and you seem tired; In twenty years of my career, I didn’t play every year for Serbia either. I always protect the players, there is talk that he is 20 years old and I am 36 but I am here. But we are talking about an individual sport like tennis and even though we want to play with our team, we also have to think about ourselves. “He has played a lot this year,” said the world number one.
“He played for Spain last year (also in Valencia and after winning the US Open and becoming number one for the first time), I know he loves to represent Spain, don’t be too obsessed with him. I haven’t been to some Davis in my career and I know the reactions. It’s normal that Spain is not very happy with him, for us and the other teams it’s good, but I feel I have to defend Carlos and all the players because I know the feeling he has and it’s normal,” he noted.
“I’m sure at twenty years old he has plenty of time to represent his country. that people will be interested in coming this week to watch tennis,” said ‘Nole’, reiterating his great goal this year is the Grand Slams and he won three out of four and now his big challenge is the Olympic Games in Paris of next year.
Reference to Nadal and Federer
Djokovic, who answered several questions in fluent Spanish, was asked if he had missed out Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer to which he responded, after writing the expression ‘miss’ on his cell phone because the question was also asked in Spanish: “Personally I don’t know how much I miss them on the court, but I miss tennis because they are legends, they are athletes. who have left a great legacy in our sport.
Djokovic said that “he played for Spain last year (also in Valencia and after winning the US Open and becoming number one for the first time), I know he loves to represent Spain, don’t be too obsessed with him.”
Finally, regarding the level of the Murcian tennis player, he said that “he is at our level (referring to himself, Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal) and, if we talk about results, he is at right path, but he’s on the right path. start. He’s number one, he’s so young, he’s a special boy, no one doubts, if he stays healthy, he’ll go on to a very high level of tennis. He’s one of the most amazing players that I have faced in my life, he has a great team, a great family, that is, a good environment to play tennis,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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