Novak Djokovic, victorious in the effort of the Italian Lorenzo Musetti (30th) in the third round of Roland-Garros, late in the night from Saturday to Sunday, believes that “certain things” relating to the programming “could have been managed differently “.
Asked about the late hour of his match, which started after 10:30 p.m., due to the rain which further disrupted the schedule, “I don’t want to get into this debate,” Djokovic first said.
“I think certain things could have been managed differently,” the world No.1 nevertheless continued. There’s a certain beauty in winning the match at three in the morning, if it was the last one of the tournament, but that’s not the case… I’m going to have to recover as quickly as possible.”
“Physically, I really pushed myself to my limits to win this match. When you play rallies of more than twenty moves, at two in the morning…. Who plays at two in the morning? We play few matches in our lives at this time. The conditions were very heavy, it was very cold, he described. You didn’t have many free points behind your serve. We had to work on each point.”
Djokovic must now face Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo (27th) in the round of 16 on Monday.
