Novak Djokovic. | (Credit: Twitter)
Serbian Tennis legend Novak Djokovic admitted that Jannik Sinner outplayed him utterly within the Australian Open 2024 semi-finals and it was one of many worst grand-slam matches he ever performed. The veteran Tennis star additionally felt he has not performed his greatest all through the event.
After shedding the primary two units of the match, the 36-year-old gained the third set in a tie breaker earlier than shedding the 4th one to crash out of the grand slam occasion. It was additionally his first-ever semi-final defeat on the Australian Open and halted his match-winning streak of 33.
Talking at a presser, Djokovic said:
”He outplayed me utterly. I used to be shocked with my stage in a nasty means.. this was one of many worst Grand Slam matches I’ve ever performed. No less than that I bear in mind.”
”I have not actually performed near my greatest” – Novak Djokovic
Djokovic added that the fixture towards Adrian Mannarino was when he delivered his greatest efficiency of the event and that he at all times anticipate him to be at his highest. He added:
”To be trustworthy, you already know, the entire event I have not actually performed near my greatest. Match perhaps towards Mannarino was nice, however a lot of the matches I used to be, yeah, not taking part in as much as par, so to say, the way in which I play right here in Australia usually. So in a means it did shock me, as a result of I assumed, you already know, it will not be that dangerous within the first two units.”
”However within the different hand, I did not really feel actually myself on the courtroom throughout this event. One can say semifinals is a superb outcome, after all, however I at all times anticipate, yeah, the very best of myself, and it wasn’t meant to be right this moment.”