Djokovic, the impassive candidate: "What happened in New York came to mind"

• Djokovic responds to the first weight rival

There was a time when

played for the people, he needed continuous praise, interaction with the public.

He was a tennis player inclined to adornment in his way of performing on the court, the one who complemented some of his games with parodies of his teammates, not always well received by them.

There was a time when the Serbian shared the responsibility of communication with

, when both were not yet involved in a fight to capture perpetual exclusivity awards.

Once, the man called to take care of the image of both in the media offered in Monte Carlo, next to the home of the balacánico, an interview with Djokovic whom he signed, impelled to occupy space of the highest hierarchy in the color supplement of the end of week.

The idea was to improve Nole's appearance a few weeks after his visit to the Mutua Madrid Open, fearing that he would be poorly received in the capital due to the imitations he made of the great idol of the Spanish fans.

Much later, Djokovic no longer needs people so much, despite still being, at 33 years old, a blood competitor, tempted to inflamed reactions, like the one he starred against

, when his now famous ball of anger had the misfortune to hit a linesman with violence and caused her disqualification from the tournament.

On Monday, in an

almost deserted

, as imposed by the dramatic situation that Paris is going through with the scourge of Covid 19, under the retractable roof due to the rain, Djokovic beat Karen Khachanov by 6-4, 6-3 and 6-4, with the solvency with which it has been circulating in this edition of the tournament.

"New York came to mind"

Djokovic is in the quarterfinals without giving up a set and with only 25 games lost, just two more than Nadal.

In the Spanish, 12 times champion of the tournament, it is not news, as it presents even better records.

Yes, it is in those who are assumed to be their greatest adversary, because they had never appeared with such ease in this instance of the competition.

Yesterday Djokovic hit a linesman with a ball again, but those who wanted to draw it buried the ax;

It was in a set of the game, after trying to reach a lateral rest.

Nothing reprehensible or worthy of punishment, no matter how much attention comes from where it comes.

"Oh my God!

Obviously, what happened in New York came to mind, but it was completely accidental.

I tried to look for him because his impact area was a little red.

.

It is something that has been happening in tennis for 15 years.

I hope no one intends to make a story with this, "he said at a press conference.

Champion in Rome, somatized part of the wounds of the traumatic outcome in

, Djokovic has reopened his fight with Nadal, who is still separated by two Grand Slam titles.

The left-hander has in hand to match Roger Federer's 20 in Paris.

Nole, the youngest of the three, also the most versatile, occupies the third drawer.

Nobody has beaten him in this strange long hiatus season due to the pandemic.

He has 35 victories and four titles, as he also won the Australian Open, Doha and Cincinnati.

The only defeat that is accounted for was the one suffered against Carreño in New York, after the aforementioned event.

Precisely the Asturian, who played the round of 16 against German Daniel Altmaier at the end of this edition, may be his opponent on Wednesday in the quarterfinals.

Serene, firm, as if he felt comfortable in the special circumstances surrounding the tournament, in that almost clandestine atmosphere, also at ease with the new Wilson balls, more sensitive to their impacts, less to those of topspiners like Nadal or Thiem, Djokovic it advances without making noise and already has a compelling rival among its victims.

The sufficiency with which he handles his encounters has condoned him even greater penalties for the abuse of the lefties.

«It was a more even game than what the result says.

Obviously I love drop offs, sometimes too much, I think it's a good shot to make tactical variations, especially with a player like Karen who plays well behind the line but in front is not very good.

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