Djokovic compliments Sinner: “He deserved to win.”

Djokovic will now face Hurkacz, who took over from Tsitsipas

È a rather serene Novak Djokovic the one who appears in the press conference at the PalaAlpitour, when it is now past ’one in the morning. “In these matches there are few opportunities; if you don’t take advantage of them your opponent does. Però there it is, matches like that sometimes you win them and sometimes you lose them, although in most cases matches like that I won them” – said Nole in the conference, with no particular regrets: “I don’t think I did the wrong things, he è simply was more courageous in the key moments”, admitted Djokovic.

On the points where è Sinner improved, the World No. 1 has no doubts: “In the semifinals at Wimbledon, I won in three sets, but it was a few points that made the difference, è it was very close. Today forò Jannik served better and during the important points è he was more courageous, taking control of the points. In the exchange I could have been moreù aggressive, instead he did it. He deserved to win”, said the Serb.

Sinner, Alcaraz and Rune are the last three players to beat him, a signal that can be particularly iencouraging. “They want to get where I’ve gotten, è it’s normal for them to try to beat me all the time. Everyone wants my scalp, Jannik è succeeded today. It’s okay to lose matches like that, but I’m happy with how I reacted after losing the first set and how I recovered the break in the third”, Djokovic concluded.

Giovanni Pelazzo