Marco is a great guy. He deserved to win. DJOKOVIC

By
Mark Hall
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Novak Djokovic has always been one of the most gracious guys in defeat. Even if on Tuesday he lost to the world no.72 Marco Cecchinato in the Roland Garros quarter, the Serbian legend didn’t have problems in congratulating his opponent on and off the court.

 

Marco is a great guy. He deserved to win. DJOKOVIC

The former world no.1 was quite upset after the match, and for some reasons, he refused to hold his press conference in the main room. However, Djokovic wasn’t shy in congratulating Cecchinato once more to say

“He played amazing and credit to him. Congrats on a great performance. He came out very well. I struggled from the beginning. Unfortunately, it took me time to get well and struggled with a little injury, as well, at the beginning. And after, when I warmed up, it was better.

But, yeah, just a pity that I couldn’t capitalize on the chances in the 4-1 in the fourth set and some break points that I thought I had in there, but he came back and credit to him. He went pretty far. Semifinals is a great result.

But he didn’t seem to be, you know, under the impression of the big stadium or big match. He just held his nerves amazingly well in the important moments. He’s playing well. He’s going to play Dominic who is also in great form.

It’s never been hard for me to congratulate and hug an opponent that just we shared a great moment on the court.

And the one that won deserved to win the match, and that was Marco today. I know him well. He’s a great guy. He deserved. And that’s something everybody should do.”

And also credit to Nole on how he handled this.

 

 


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