World No. 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic said he’s moved on from what happened at this year’s first Grand Slam tournament
in February, losing in the quarterfinals to the No. 123 ranked player in the world, Jiri Vesely. Then, he lost his first match at Monte Carlo in early April.
“In those matches, I felt like I wasn’t myself,” Djokovic said. “I was a bit more nervous than usual and just kind of in a more of a defensive mode mentally.”before losing to No. 8 Andrey Rublev“I just felt maybe in the last few weeks I started to kind of get out of that a little bit and move on and transform that into fuel and positive energy,” Djokovic said.
The World No. 1 said he feels more mentally and emotionally balanced after being back in competition for a few weeks now. He’s ready to focus on his tennis goals again, and put the mental turmoil in the past.
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