Yesterday it was confirmed Novak Djokovic will be Juan Martín Del Potro’s farewell rival in an exhibition match in Buenos Aires next December 1. The Serbian tennis player, number 4 in the world, is training hard to help his country in Davis Cup 2024.
Before the match against Greece, Djokovic visited the microphones of the Serbian station RTSreflecting on his long summer, after Paris 2024 and the US Open. “I always feel, as it were, a general pressure that I always have to win: from others, but also from myself“, he assured.
Novak Djokovic says he has noticed ‘extra’ pressure. “I’m a perfectionist and I sacrifice a lot to play my best when it matters most.“, commented the Serbian. The Olympic Games, he added, was his “main goal”, although he felt “very worried after the knee injury at Roland Garros.” “When I was able to play in the final at Wimbledon, I felt relieved, because I knew I would be available for Paris 2024,” he maintains.
He also wanted to talk about the match against Rafa Nadal in the Olympic event, making sure that, despite not being at his best, the victory against Nadal was “something huge”. “Looking forward to the final in Paris, I have nothing to lose, I beat Nadal at home, even though he wasn’t at his best, but still, beating him in Paris was something huge“the Serbian tennis player admitted.
“Tennis is an individual sport. If you don’t have a solution on a given day, it’s over, you lose. Over the years, that has kept me disciplined“when he finished.
Source: La Verdad
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