“Djokovic is lost at times, it’s very hard for Federer to remember this” – Davydenko

The former third racket of the world in singles Russian tennis player Nikolai Davydenko compared Swiss Roger Federer and Serb Novak Djokovic.

– Federer then demolished almost everyone, and in recent years he often began to lose to everyone. He stopped reaching the finals – about two years ago he began to give matches to someone incomprehensible. This means that his time has passed, because he had never allowed himself such a thing before. Nadal has also never allowed himself to lose regular matches in the first rounds. And now?

Djokovic is unique in this regard. Previously, he either kept a super form, or he could give way somewhere. Even at the Final in London in 2018, he lost the final to Zverev. I was there, I looked. Didn’t see Djokovic in the match – he just wasn’t there! I also remember how he played with Khachanov in Bercy – he was not in the match. The same in the final at the US Open with Daniil. At times he is lost. And there are many such matches. Such meetings with Federer are very hard to remember: where would he break down or hit nothing on the court. When Federer played the finals in five sets, he fought and decided everything with one ball. Roger didn’t give anything away for nothing. He was losing, but the decisive, last point was psychology somewhere. And you look at Djokovic, and he loses not only a point, he loses the match. This is sometimes surprising, – quotes the words of Davydenko “Championship”.