Thanks for your analysis, Matthew, much helpful and appreciated as always.
Huge congrats to Rublev indeed: an outstandingly well planned/played match. So much success in complicating Djokovic's serving performance, particularly on 1st serves. Rublev so consitent on returns throughout the match: truly impressive!
Perfect timing for this Belgrade trophy for Rublev also, for several obvious reasons.
Djokovic will in all probablity solve his usual early clay season problems over a few coming matches, nothing to truly worry about imo. What seemed more worrisome to me was Djokovic's complete physical letdown in the last set, apparently no physical energy left. Sincerely hope there is nothing seriously wrong with Djokovic at the purely physical level.
Tennis planet fundamentally needs world #1 Djokovic's critical outspoken voice on KEY issues for ALL players and tournaments right now as well as in the coming weeks/months, across the board.
Lastly, imo at this ATP 250 Belgrade tournament 2022, the "PALME D'OR" certainly goes, without competition whatsover, to this ballkid who calmy picked up and returned Djokovic's racquet to him after being nearly/badly hit by it (cf video below). An extremely cool kid, indeed!
Thanks for your analysis, Matthew, much helpful and appreciated as always.
Huge congrats to Rublev indeed: an outstandingly well planned/played match. So much success in complicating Djokovic's serving performance, particularly on 1st serves. Rublev so consitent on returns throughout the match: truly impressive!
Perfect timing for this Belgrade trophy for Rublev also, for several obvious reasons.
Djokovic will in all probablity solve his usual early clay season problems over a few coming matches, nothing to truly worry about imo. What seemed more worrisome to me was Djokovic's complete physical letdown in the last set, apparently no physical energy left. Sincerely hope there is nothing seriously wrong with Djokovic at the purely physical level.
Tennis planet fundamentally needs world #1 Djokovic's critical outspoken voice on KEY issues for ALL players and tournaments right now as well as in the coming weeks/months, across the board.
Lastly, imo at this ATP 250 Belgrade tournament 2022, the "PALME D'OR" certainly goes, without competition whatsover, to this ballkid who calmy picked up and returned Djokovic's racquet to him after being nearly/badly hit by it (cf video below). An extremely cool kid, indeed!
https://www.welovetennis.fr/videos/djokovic-depasse-encore-les-bornes-en-jetant-sa-raquette-en-direction-dun-ramasseur-de-balle