Tennis: Novak Djokovic has partly blamed his shock loss at the Italian Open to getting struck on the head by a water bottle, 24 hours prior.
Djoker blames loss on bottle incident | 01:12 Novak Djokovic is the defending champion in Paris and the most successful man in history but the Serbian finds himself in something of a funk.
A three-time champion in Paris, Djokovic arrived in Paris fresh from a defeat in a tournament in Geneva that he only entered because he wanted to find rhythm and confidence. Instead he was beaten in a semifinal by Tomas Machac 6-4 0-6 6-1. “In a way, me playing still at this highest level, one of the major reasons is trying to write more history of the sport and win the biggest titles that. Paris is definitely one of them. So that’s why my hopes and goals are always the same. But I have to lower the expectations.
The 24-time major champion did not disclose what the issue that has been troubling him is, saying he did not want to “open a Pandora Box and talk about things”. “It’s various things that were happening in the last couple of months, but I don’t want to get into it,” he said.
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