WORLDSPORTS
APRIL 2014
PUMPED-UP
Djokovic is brimming with a
new bubble of confidence
NOVAK’S
‘FOOD
FOR THE
SOUL’
N
ovak Djokovic has found “food for the soul” to aid his comeback from one
of the toughest losses of his career.
The seven-time former Grand Slam champion has relived some of
his Serbian childhood memories to help overcome the pain from the loss of the
Australian Open title last January.
“After the Australian Open I have done a lot of
things and went to the places that I haven’t seen for
a long time, since my childhood,” Djokovic said.
“I reconnected again with my ... period of growing up, and spent time with the family. So that’s
something that has given me a lot of food for the
soul, if I can call it that way, and a lot of positive life
energy which I can hopefully transfer to the court
now.”
Djokovic admits his semi-final loss to Stanislas
Wawrinka in five close sets was hard to handle,
which is partly why he has taken “quite a bit of time
off”, more than four weeks altogether.
“I have had only a couple of matches this year,
and it’s going to be challenging for me to go out
on the court and to find a way to play these kind of
match situations,” he admitted. “Because I haven’t
had many matches this year for sure.
“That’s why I have to be extra careful because
it is totally different when you get on the court
and have a match in front of thousands of people,”
Djokovic added.
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