After succumbing to his second loss in as many matches, Novak Djokovic made a surprising admission about his fitness following what has been a tough year so far for him.
The Serbian tennis star played his first match in two months at the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday and was beaten by Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, who triumphed 6-3 6-7 6-1 in just under three hours. The tennis legend won less than half of his service points and struggled to acclimatise to the tricky conditions.
And after the defeat, he said he was unable to keep up with his opponent from a physical standpoint. "I didn't like the way I felt physically in the third set. I just ran out of the gas completely,” the world number one surprisingly admitted. “Just couldn't really stay in the rally with him. If you can't stay in the rally, not feeling your legs on the clay, it's mission impossible.
