Novak Djokovic left the Caja Mágica after the next defeat. He waved to the audience with a smile. “Adiós”! The spectators were confronted with the “new reality”, as Djokovic called it, in the 3: 6, 4: 6 of the story of the Italian Matteo Arnaldi.
The Grand Slam record champion with the insatiable hunger for victories has become a person who is rarely capable of top sporting performance at the age of 38. “This is the course of life, the course of the career,” said Djokovic.
A defeat at the start in Monte-Carlo, a defeat at the start in Madrid. At the beginning of the match against his idol, Arnaldi had only tried not to “get his pants”, as he admitted. But the respect for the size of the opponent and the course was waned. “He’s not in the best, so I tried to do and win my best and win,” said the Italian. Djokovic, on the other hand, looked prepared, relaxed about the “completely different feeling” to suddenly lose early after 20 years as a champion. “At some point it had to happen.”
The dream of the sole Grand Slam record is still its drive feather. Djokovic won 24 titles at the four most important tournaments, as many as the Australian Margaret Court. The Serb firmly believes that he still has this one title. “I want to show my best tennis with the Grand Slams,” he said in Madrid, “but I’m not sure if I can do it in Roland Garros.” The tournament in Paris begins at the end of May. He could have opened for the last time in Madrid. “That could be. I’m not sure if I will come back. I don’t know,” he said.
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