Djokovic: There is always motivation, the gold in Paris gave me a lot of energy

The Serbian tennis player defeated Albot (3:0) and advanced to the second round of the US Open

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Novak Djokovic, Photo: Reuters
Novak Djokovic, Photo: Reuters
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Novak Đoković successfully started his performance at the US Open - the Serbian tennis player easily defeated Moldovan Albot 3:0 (6:2, 6:2, 6:4) in the first round.

Djokovic made history once again last night - he became the tennis player with the most wins (78) at the "Artur Eš" stadium, the largest tennis facility in the world.

"I can't say that I'm the freshest, especially mentally. I struggle on the court to be energetic and mentally fresh, but since it's a slam, there's always motivation. I've said countless times that these tournaments are my priority, that's where I want to invest extra energy," said Đoković after the match.

The second tennis player in the world successfully defended his title.

"The last Slam of the year, the players approach it a bit tired, but then we all extract the last atom of strength and motivation. There was very little time now, because of the OI, some from Paris went directly to Montreal to play in a different time zone on a different surface. These are the challenges of tennis. I rested a bit, if I can call it that, and trained. My priorities are different now. It was a big drain in Paris, but the gold also gave me a lot of energy, encouragement, and I feel a relief, taking everything into account, that professional journey to the gold," Djokovic said.

The Serbian tennis player played his first match on concrete since March. In the meantime, he had problems with his knee, so it was a question of how he would adapt to this surface.

"Solid start. I struggled with my serve and rhythm on some shots, but overall I was good from the baseline. That first match is always a challenge, especially after gold on clay and without a match on concrete for five or six months. I expected there to be a little more trouble, I hope that I will be able to play better every day. At the slams, we have a day off to work on some things, I feel that I need it, tomorrow I go to training to work on everything. "The knee is fine, I didn't have any problems neither at the Olympics nor here," explained Đoković.

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