"I can't calculate, I don't like to calculate, I've never done it. My mentality is to win in every game I play as I play it. I want to win, without thinking about what which can happen tomorrow," noted Djokovic after his 3:11 showdown against Medvedev.
On Saturday, he indeed continues with a semi-final against Taylor Fritz who qualified on Thursday and therefore rested on Friday while Djokovic fought a battle against the Russian and exhaustion.
"It was just fatigue from a grueling battle. There is no illness, there was no particular area of the body affected. It was just general exhaustion from the long rallies and the length of the match," he said, refusing to be more specific.
"There were a lot of different things (in this episode). But I'm not going to go into details. I don't want to reveal to my opponents what exactly happened to me," he said. .
“But physically, I am not worried, he assured. Worry only deprives you of the vital energy that you need. If something happens tomorrow, good or bad, it will be necessary that I'm concerned about it at that time. I'm going to do everything with my physio, my team, to rest well and recover well. I have a routine and I know what I have to do." Djokovic.
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