"I'm back to normal" - Djokovic ahead of Roland Garros

Novak Djokovic has had a tumultuous few weeks following the US Open fiasco and the victory in Rome but he is back to normal in his own words ahead of the Roland Garros.

Novak Djokovic is entering this year's Roland Garros with a 31-1 year record with the lone defeat being the defaulting he received at the US Open. He rebounded very quickly winning the Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome on clay. Now heading into the Roland Garros he has a clear goal in mind. Speaking about the New York fiasco ahead of the Roland Garros he said:

“I had to accept it and move on. Of course, it was a shock for me and a lot of people. But that's life, that's sport. These things can happen… I won the tournament in Rome just a week later after what happened in New York."

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When asked if that had negatively impacted him in any way he said:

“I did not feel any kind of emotional disturbance or difficulty to actually be able to play or still express my emotions in whatever way… I have flaws as everybody else. Regardless of the number of years and experience that I have on the tour, these things can still happen."

Ahead of the Roland Garros, Novak is calm and he said everything is back to normal:

"I don't think significantly it does impact me that I'm unable now to show the fist pump or scream or something like that. It has happened in Rome already and everything is fine. I'm back to normal.”

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