Novak Djokovic hasn’t enjoyed the tour that much in the last few months. The former world no.1 has declared that he is not chasing any more slams and top places in the rankings, and he was accompanied at by a “love guru” in his Paris appearance.
Djokovic lost his cool (again) two days ago after he dropped the first set against Thiem at the World Tour Finals to throw a ball at his stand. Things could have turned ugly if that ball had hit a spectator.
Djokovic is struggling. HENMAN
Tim Henman didn’t have great words for Nole during an assessment he was doing for the BBC to comment
“It is very surprising for a man of his experience but it does therefore emphasize where he is mentally at the moment.
If it had hit someone then he would be have been disqualified but it didn’t. From the journalist’s point of view, he is in a press conference and he knows that Djokovic has been a little bit edgy recently. He has thrown the bait and Djokovic has bitten. The journalist is there reeling him in.”
Today Djokovic will face Milos Raonic; the Serbian will do everything to prove Henman (and some other detractors) wrong.
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t is interesting that part of a sports journalist`s role is to "bait and reel". I do understand that kind of approach in matters of gravity, but hardly in talking with an athlete who is "struggling" as you say. Novak has played "off the charts" tennis for quite some time until his recent slump. Why do we and the press want to amplify what might be personal problems? Much like with Rafa or any of the greats, any slip, any deviation from top championship form is looked at in the negative and journalists (and the public) want to speculate on how far the mighty have fallen. These athletes are often more candid, particularly in Rafa`s case, and now with Djokovic than one might expect. Too much sharing and they are criticized for "giving away too much" and with less, cheap speculation seeking headlines and crisis for those who we supported unconditionally yesterday.