The much-hyped Wimbledon clash between Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner did not live up to its billing, as the Italian completely dominated the Serb in a straight-sets win. However, the Serb looked slow and not sharp enough to match the top seed shot-for-shot. A fortnight after the shambolic loss at SW19, the former World No.1 has finally opened up about his physical struggles during the semifinal, following a marathon five-set match in the previous round.
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“You’re just trying to take every percentage of extra edge that I can get to be able to still compete
at an elite level with young guys, right? But the body is responding differently,
and that’s just biology,” said Djokovic during a CBS interview. “The wear and tear of 20-plus years at the highest level is just taking its toll, so it takes me longer
to recover. So after those five-hour
, 15-minute quarterfinals, I just couldn’t fully recover for the semis,
and I wasn’t as fresh as I wanted to be. Not to take anything away from Siner, who
won the tournament, but it’s just different nowadays”.