Released from the start by Alejandro Davidovich-Fokina in Monte-Carlo, Novak Djokovic recovered by reaching the final in Belgrade, the semi-finals in Madrid, then winning the Masters 1000 in Rome.
Enough to approach the defense of his title at Roland-Garros with a little more serenity, and put behind him his nightmare start to the season.
“It's good to win after all this stress.
He played really well against difficult players.
It was the Novak we used to see, confides his trainer Goran Ivanisevic in the columns of
L'Equipe
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Novak needed games, it's as simple as that, after all the crap that's been going on.
He's a champ.
He's a genius.
And these kind of people need a 'click', here or there.
Then, normally, it's the highway.
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“It's like in movies at the cinema with Spider-Man or Superman.
The heroes are sometimes in a bad position.
But they always come back eventually.
And it will get better and better, ”assures the Serb.
The unfortunate Yoshihito Nishioka, who fell for Jo-Wilfried Tsonga last year, risks paying the price this Monday on center court.
The Djoker is no longer laughing.
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