http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2016/05/roman-revivalists/58497/#.VznOxCFcq-0

“I was extremely fresh physically, because I played quick matches," said Murray, who didn't face a Top 10 opponent, or drop a set, in his first four rounds.

Djokovic, of course, had not played quick matches. On Thursday night, he had lost the first set of his third-rounder to Thomas Bellucci, 6-0, before coming back to win. On Friday, he had gone hammer and tongs against his greatest clay-court rival, Rafael Nadal, for two explosive sets. And on Saturday night, in a match that didn’t end until after 11 P.M., he had fought even harder to hold off a bold and in-form Kei Nishikori in three brutal hours.

Djokovic said he would be ready for the final, but while he never threw in the towel against Murray, he never found his top gear, either. While Murray used his drop shot aggressively and offensively, Djokovic’s dropper felt like a bail-out shot. More than once, he failed to follow it forward and was caught, uncharacteristically, out of position on the next shot. 

So: What does this result mean, if anything? I don’t think the loss to Murray, after the victories over Nadal and Nishikori, is a bad sign in itself for Djokovic. By winning Madrid the previous week, and beating Rafa in Rome, he had essentially completed the necessary preparations for Paris. And I think in the back of his mind, or maybe even in the front, Djokovic knew it. When he hurt his ankle early in the Nishikori match, Djokovic spent the next set and a half looking unsure about how much he wanted to be out there. And in the final, he told the chair umpire he was worried about getting hurt on the wet clay. Djokovic fought hard, especially against Nishikori, but I think part of his mind was already in Paris.














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Ovako pise glavni urednik najvposecenijeg teniskog sajta... potencira paralelu izmedju Murrayeve izjave kako je bio svez za finale, i sve ono kroz sto je Novak prosao...


Ma ne zna on nista, nego ce njemu da objasni izvesni Leonard Cohen, i to ne muzicar, nego anonimus sa sportneta... rekao sam, to je vecernja skola...