Roland Garros 2022: Ivanisevic still does not understand Djokovic’s defeat against Nadal: “I’m so sad I can’t sleep”

Thea Novak Djokovic lost to Rafael Nadal In the quarter-finals of Roland Garros, he passed more than one bill to the Serbian environment, his coach admitted. Goran Ivanisevic In an interview with tennismajors.

The former Croatian player, Wimbledon champion in 2001, admitted that he still had trouble sleeping when he remembered his student’s defeat to the Paris winner: “I have to be honest. I’m so sad I can’t sleep.” I think none of the players played their best, and I don’t think Rafa’s performance was amazingBut it was the attitude towards the court and the body language that made the difference.”

“I warned Novak that the start of the match would be decisive, I told him several times, but despite this, he started badly again. After that, the way he played the third set seemed incomprehensible to me, as if he lacked energy and did not believe in his chances of winning. You can’t stand it against Nadal in this tournament.”

I found it incomprehensible how Nol played the third set, like he lacked energy and didn’t believe in his chances of winning. You can’t stand it against Nadal in this tournament.

Ivanisevic continued analyzing the match: “We haven’t talked in depth about the match yet, which is why I’m so worried. I still don’t understand his lack of energy and body language, as well as his ups and downs. Rafa deserved to win the match because he was more consistent“.

“No one knows what would have happened if Novak won fourth. I vividly remember his foul on the backhand in a relaxed position and thrust into the net, allowing Nadal to pass himAt the two points he had to get it,” said the Croatian.

I didn’t analyze the match with him because I was tired and disappointed. He feels really bad and I’m sad for him because we know he could have won.

“I didn’t analyze the match with him because I was tired and disappointed. He feels really bad and I’m sad for him because we know he could have won. Clearly his backhand was not as deep as it should be, as he left shots too short to allow Rafa to attack.. Once he got better with that shot, in the second set, I saw what happened.”

“What Rafa did was take advantage of the advantages that Djokovic gave him in his game. If you make mistakes, you immediately pay against it. Look at the semi-finals. Zverev played the match better before the injury but was losing. as i say, Rafa’s energy was amazing and Novak had no faith‘, the World No. 1 coach was judged.

What seems really unfair to me is that Novak, the number 1 player in the world with 20 Grand Slam titles, is being booed. There is no reason for it, whether you like it or not, you should respect it

Ivanisevic also criticized the behavior of the stands with Novak: “We knew the majority would support Nadal. I thought 80%, but we found that 99.9% of the attendees wanted the Spaniards to win“.

“What seems really unfair to me is that Novak, the No. 1 player in the world with 20 Grand Slam titles, was booed. There is no reason for that, like it or not, you have to respect it. I don’t know how Djokovic felt about it, but he’s used to it so he has to know how to deal with it.Or you can’t be sorry.”

Favorite for Wimbledon

Despite everything, Ivanisevic believes that Djokovic is the favorite for Wimbledon: “Novak will win the championship. I have a good feeling about it. He overcame difficult defeats and I am convinced that he will reach the best level in London. He needs a good rest and mental and physical preparation, he is the biggest candidate for the title.”

“What he needs now is time to mentally recover from what happened and find out some things. Most likely, he will not play any tournament before Wimbledon‘, he finished.