Novak Djokovic: 'I had some tightness on my elbow, pain is there'
https://reurl.cc/l31kd tennisworld by LUIGI GATTO
Novak Djokovic defeated Lucas Pouille in a straight-set match in Cincinnati on
Friday. The Serbian player prevailed 7-6 6-1 and speaking in an on court
interview he said: "I thought he played really well throughout the first set.
We both held our service games quite comfortably until the tie-break and then
I just stayed in there, very focussed, didn’t drop my level. He did. [He]
double faulted and missed a couple of forehands and obviously that cost him
the tie-break.
The beginning of the second set I knew it was very important to try to break
his serve right away and get into an advantage, which I did. I managed to
finish off the match really well." Djokovic had his elbow checked as he felt
some pain.
Speaking of his physical condition, the Serb added: "I had some tightness,
especially on my serve, and managed to finish the match which is great but
the pain is there so hopefully I'll have no pain tomorrow. I'm going to see
right now after the match, so hopefully will be fine for tomorrow."
Djokovic's next opponent Daniil Medvedev was asked if he has some
superstitions in order to keep winning: "I have some small things, but I
should say, for example