Novak Djokovic Rode The Bicycle Home After Losing In Monte Carlo Tuesday
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Would you believe after suffering a shock loss to Jiri Vesely Tuesday in Monte Carlo, Novak Djokovic rode a bicycle back home?
On his bike. Pedaling home. pic.twitter.com/QHn5nWez1F
— TroubleFault (@troublefault) April 13, 2016
No helmet for the Monte Carlo resident?
The loss was just Djokovic’s second of the season, and first at a Masters event since last summer. Djokovic credited the 22-year-old but added after a busy start to the season he was feeling some fatigue.
There is a proof nobody’s unbeatable. Happens so many times in my career that I lose a match. It’s not a first time.
Obviously it’s not easy to lose the match in terms of accepting it, you know, right after exiting the court. But I have to congratulate my opponent. I think he played very solid. He was serving very big. He was playing tactically good and aggressive.
On the other hand, for me, there were just very few things I could take out from today’s match as a positive. I was playing really, really bad.
But, you know, nothing taking away from my opponent’s performance. He deserved to win. When he was break up in the third set, he was playing bravely. He was coming in, dropshots, big serves. He was going for it. He deserved to have it.
Practice week went well in terms of feeling the ball. But I didn’t feel that freshness, you know, the entire time. Working hard obviously, trying to do my best on a daily basis.
But, you know, eventually this was going to happen. Everything happens for a reason. I’m going to get some more time off now, which I look forward to. I’m going to need some rest, physical and mental, as well.
Djokovic said the defeat won’t change things for the rest of the season.
“This match today will not disturb my preparation for the rest of the season and what’s coming up,” Djokovic said. “I’m still confident. I’m still feeling I’m playing the best tennis of my life. I’ll just rest, because sometimes that’s what is needed, then get back on the practice courts, adjust to this surface that is completely different from any other, and hopefully I’ll be better in the next tournament.”
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