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"We will find out between Indian Wells and Miami": Novak Djokovic's decline will be resolved by Sunshine Double says Paolo Bertolucci
ATPSaturday, 03 February 2024 at 03:30
Former Italian player Paolo Bertolucci believes that it will become clear in the next few months whether there is a decline in the performance of the current world number one Serbia’s Novak Djokovic.
The 36-year-old is often regarded as the greatest player in the history of men’s singles tennis in the Open era, having won as many as 24 Grand Slam titles. Ten of those titles came while playing at the Australian Open.
However, he was denied making it 11 in Melbourne this year as he lost to Italy’s young tennis star Jannik Sinner who emerged victorious in the semifinal with a score of 6-1, 6-2, 6-7, 6-3.
That defeat sparked the debate in the tennis world about the possible decline of Djokovic who has been dominating the sport for large part of the last decade.
Bertolucci was recently quoted in a report where he stated that it will become clear between the events in Indian Wells and Miami whether Djokovic is on a decline or not.
"He is a player who played badly in Australia," he said. "Now if this is due to a problem that can happen, because it happens when someone doesn't get his preparation right, or if the decline had begun, we will find out between Indian Wells and Miami.
"We will see if he has recovered or not. I have no ideas because we would have to have seen the training sessions, understand if he stopped or not and with what intensity. Only those who know that within the team."
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