When one of the Serb’s strengths failed in Melbourne he still had so much more in his game than any of his opponents
After getting demolished in front of his home crowd, Alex de Minaur admitted that he “didn’t really know what to do out there”. Tsitsipas, the fourth best player in the world, concluded after losing in straight sets that he could not have done more. “There’s nothing that I could have extracted more for today. I did everything possible,” he said.
Djokovic’s backhand is one of the best strokes in the history of the sport and has won him many grand slams, yet in Melbourne it was actually off. He struggled with his timing and he offered up far more errors than usual. The few moments of joy that his opponents experienced during the tournament usually came through his favourite stroke.
After the match, Goran Ivanisevic, Djokovic’s coach, explained that Djokovic’s hamstring injury forced him to play more aggressive tennis and that attacking mentality was most reflected in his forehand.
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