After the second hearty clap at the “Sunshine-Double” want to rethink Tennis Star Novak Djokovic to be a future program on the ATP Tour, fundamentally. For years, the Serb had dominated the tournaments in Indian Wells and Florida and in 2011 and 2014 to 2016, respectively, double tournament victories in the USA landed. But since last year, the Serb is weakening now, his previous favorite Masters: On Wednesday, the 31-Year-old retired at the Hard Rock stage in Miami with 6:1, 5:7, 3:6 against the Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut in the second round.
about two weeks Ago he had failed in Indian Wells, surprisingly early at the Augsburg Philipp Kohlschreiber. In the past year, the number 1 of the Tennis-ranking in both the US excreted tournaments, but even in the opening round. “It is not the first Time that I will lose in both tournaments early. This happened to me in the last few years. So I need to rethink how I prepare myself for next year at Indian Wells and Miami“, concluded Djokovic, who had not played Indian Wells since the success at the Australian Open in January.
The reason for his lapses of Concentration in the duel with the Spaniard, Djokovic had identified quickly: “I had just too many things outside of the square in the head. I guess that has influenced me a bit. I also felt health not the best. I’m still a little rusty. But hey, that’s life,“ said Djokovic, who had been cared for until the end of 2016 by Boris Becker. But the Serb responded with a little sour: “I’ve lost the rhythm in the second set. This type of Play should I lose. I had so many chances, so many opportunities wasted,“ lamented Djokovic.
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Tennis Kohlschreiber retires in Indian Wells
The 15-time winner in Grand Slam tournaments is focused now on the European clay court events. He wants to break up with so far 32 now the record of the Spaniard Rafael Nadal at the Masters 1000 Victories (33). After his Successes in New York (2018) and in Melbourne at the Australian Open, he wants to try to create Successes at Wimbledon and Paris for the second Time in his career after 2015/16 the Grand Slam with four consecutive Successes. “I need to play this, definitely better than in these tournaments,” he said. (dpa)
