Djokovic: “You are seeing a new Novak”

Novak Djokovic believes that he is a different player and person now. “I think you’re seeing the new Novak,' the Serb said in a press conference at the Rolex Shanghai Masters after his win over Borna Coric. “I don’t need to describe him. That’s all I can say. I don’t think it’s maybe the place and time to really go deep into details, because we have talked about it already many times in the last, you know, six months of my whole journey, psychologically mostly what I was going through and how I had to reinvent myself and find proper formula for success. “I found it and I’m just trying to hold on to it as long as I can.' Djokovic also commented on the final stage of the final against Coric when the 21-year-old saved three match points in a row: 'He played just very well on the match points on 5-3, Love-40 down. “You know, I was in the rally all three, and I had 30-40 the smash, but it was not an easy one. Just had a little bit of issue to see the ball because of the lights and everything. But I’m really happy with the way I held my nerves in the next game and didn’t lose a point to close out the match. So that’s important, especially, you know, if you have these kinds of situations which can happen that, you know, you don’t use, capitalize on match points, and the next game is important one mentally. So I managed to hang in there.”

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