4Photo© hindustantimes.comNovak Djokovic reaches US Open third round after opponent retires in 3rd set due to injury
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Missing more than he made, Djokovic couldn't get many quick points Wednesday night. He acknowledged that he should have lost the second set, and if his opponent didn't get injured and have to stop, maybe he wouldn't even have won that match.
Once he had, the defending champion was only looking ahead.
“The matches are only going to get tougher from here. I know that, but I’m fine,” Djokovic said. “I’ll find my way, as I have done many times in my career.”
Djokovic reached the third round when Laslo Djere had to retire with the No. 2 seed leading his Serbian countryman 6-4, 6-4, 2-0.
“ Unfortunately, I have to withdraw from my match today due to my injuries...I did not want to finish the last Grand Slam of the year this way but I have to listen to my body, and I hope I can close out…
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“ The matches are only going to get tougher from here. I know that, but I’m fine,
Novak Djokovic,
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“ In the end, not the kind of finish that we players or crowd wants to see, but I think it’s probably due to that physical battle that we had in the opening two sets,
Novak Djokovic,
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“ So I knew coming into the match that if I don’t serve well, which was the case, I’m going to have to really grind and work for my points a lot,
Novak Djokovic,
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“ All in all, of course, I have to be happy with the win,
Novak Djokovic,
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“ Overall it was a big fight – over two hours for two sets,
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“ I told myself you have to stay focused from the first point to the last point and make sure you’re not going to stay here a crazy number of hours,
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“ It’s not what we want to see when there’s a retirement. Laslo had an injury which took him off the tour for some time and he’s been struggling to come back,
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