– I suffered a lot the first two sets and Taylor punished me from the baseline. I had a hard time finding the timing and it was very hot with the sun still up,” Djokovic told Nick Kyrgios, who led the on-court interview after the demanding match.
– We miss you, come back and give him a round of applause, Djokovic urges the audience and tears down applause for himself and the injured home player.
In the previous round against Adrian Mannarino, the Serbian world number one dropped only three games. Already in the first game of the match, which lasted 16 minutes, Fritz showed that it would be something completely different today – the match lasted three hours and 45 minutes.