Alexis Poch
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Journalist
With a Master’s degree in sports journalism, I fell in love with tennis as a child and have always loved reading the great stories of this sport. Today, I want to tell them, enjoy my passion to the fullest and be as close as possible to the aces of the circuit.
Easy winner of the Moldovan Radu Albot on the night of Monday to Tuesday in the first round of the US Open, Novak Djokovic made a convincing return to the courts. The Serb, who has not played a tournament since his gold medal at the Paris Olympic Games, was scheduled in the last rotation to start the competition, which did not necessarily please him.
Winner in three sets of Radu Albot to begin, Novak Djokovic will face his compatriot Laszlo Djere in the next round. Last year, he had to come back from a two-set deficit to get rid of him in the third round. While waiting for the match, he wanted to send a subliminal message to the organizers of theUS Open regarding programming.
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“I like to start first”
Thanks to its status, Novak Djokovic should not be relocated from Stade Arthur-Ashethe largest court in the world. For years, he has preferred to play in night sessions, especially when temperatures are high, as is the case right now in New York. But certainly not in the last rotation, as has been the case. “It was a long wait, to be honest. I thought I was going to get on the court around 8:15 because Stephens was 6-0, 3-0 and then all of a sudden it turned out to be a two-and-a-half-hour game or something. You just have to accept it, I guess. I like playing night games, but I like to start first.” he said after his victory, referring to the victory of Clara Burel in three sets after a crazy comeback.
A good start
Slightly worried about his debut before his entry into the competition, Novak Djokovic could become the first player to retain his title at theUS Open Since Roger Federer in 2008. It remains to be seen whether it will continue to be programmed in night sessions on the Arthur-Ashewhere he has so often triumphed. “Yeah, I hope to get more opportunities to play in the evening and get scheduled first so we can start at a more decent time and finish at a less late hour. I think for the fans there’s something special about those late nights, especially after midnight. For us, I don’t know. It’s not really what you want, but you know, if you get a win, then it’s all good.” he concludes in remarks reported by We Love Tennis. The message got through.
