BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Novak Djokovic says Grand Slam trophies and the No. 1 ranking are no longer his priorities.
Tennis – Djokovic wants to refind pleasure in his game
– World number one Novak Djokovic, yet to play since defeat to Stan Wawrinka at the US Open, said Friday he wanted to rediscover the pleasure of playing tennis. First place in the ATP rankings “is not my first priority any more, it is a secondary thing,” the 29-year-old told reporters in his hometown, the Serbian capital. He explained that since his victory at Roland Garros he did not feel “very well at an emotional level, neither at training nor at tournaments or during official matches… without doubt because I set historic goals for myself. …
Djokovic wants to refind pleasure in his game
World number one Novak Djokovic, yet to play since defeat to Stan Wawrinka at the US Open, said Friday he wanted to rediscover the pleasure of playing tennis. First place in the ATP rankings “is not my first priority any more, it is a secondary thing,” the 29-year-old told reporters in his hometown, the Serbian capital. Djokovic has been forced to pull out of next week’s China Open because of an elbow injury.
On-form Kvitova beats Halep to reach Wuhan final
Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova dropped just three games to dismiss Simona Halep in two sets in the semi-finals at the Wuhan Open Friday. The Czech displayed the tennis that once saw her two match wins from ascending to world number one as she beat Halep 6-1, 6-2 to reach her second final at the $2.6 million hard court event in China. The Romanian fourth seed denied Kvitova her first match point with an unusual backhand volley, taking the second set to 5-2, but was unable to swing the momentum of the game in her favour.
Winning grand slams is no longer my priority, says Djokovic
By Zoran Milosavljevic BELGRADE (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic no longer sees winning grand slam titles or staying top of the men’s ATP rankings as a priority in his tennis career, Serbia’s world number one said on Friday. “I don’t want to think about winning titles and being the number one any more in order to avoid putting pressure on myself,” Djokovic, the winner of 12 major tournaments, told reporters. “I put too much pressure on myself after winning this year’s Roland Garros and I didn’t like it,” the 29-year-old added.