Days After Arrogant ‘Winning’ Remark, Novak Djokovic Gets a Reality Check From Jannik Sinner

Coming into the ATP Finals, all the hopes will be relying on the Serbian legend Novak Djokovic who will be eyeing the record held by the legend of the game Roger Federer. Having won 6 ATP Finals already, he will be eyeing his 7th this year and before the start of the tournament, he was pretty confident of making his way into the finals quite easily. But, the present scenario is not really that smooth!

However, now, as things stand, the Serbian player dealt with a reality check as he identified the challenges that the next-gen stars pose on his quest to title glory. After losing his second match in the group stage, the road to glory looks a bit difficult now.

Novak Djokovic identifies the threats that he has from upcoming stars

In a match that was beyond player versus player, Novak Djokovic found himself contesting not only with Jannik Sinner but also with the energy of the Italian crowd rallying behind their only representative in the tournament. With the backing of the home crowd, Sinner got some much-needed confidence and he eventually defeated the Serbian superstar in a classic 3-set thriller.

Interestingly, Djokovic who was oozing confidence before the ATP Finals met with a reality check straight after the match. In his post-match interview, he said that it was pretty obvious that the crowd would go for Sinner given the fact that he was Italian.

“Well, I mean, it was expected. Obviously him being the only Italian in the tournament, playing in Italy, there was a big hype, a big excitement for him to play in front of his home crowd. He’s in a great form. It’s normal that crowd wanted him to win,” said Djokovic in the post-match conference.

Thus, Djokovic, who was considering himself as a formidable force met with a reality check just days into the tournament. While he claimed to be the one winning the tournament, he suggested that he was pretty confident of breaking the record held by Djoker himself and Roger Federer combined.

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Djokovic oozed confidence right before the start of the tournament

Just days before the start of the tournament, the players were asked about a bold prediction that they would like to make. When it came to Novak Djokovic, he said that he was pretty confident of winning the tournament.

“If I don’t want to be humble and honest, I’m winning the tournament. If I want to be humble, I’m also winning the tournament,” said Novak Djokovic while making a bold prediction about the upcoming ATP Finals.

Thus, Novak Djokovic, who was pretty confident of making his way into the finals of the tournament faced an unexpected defeat in just his second match of the tournament. With just one more match to go, he would be looking to give his 100% in the final match and lay his hands on the title.

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