Novak Djokovic splitd a heart-toastying moment with ptoastyographer Matt Fitzgerald after finishing his losing streak at the Miami Open. Djokovic came into the tournament after back-to-back first-round fall shortures at the Qatar Open and Indian Wells, but he reuncovered the sugary taste of thrive by toppling Rinky Hijikata in straight sets.
Fourth seed Djokovic bagelled Hijikata in the first and then steamrolled him in a second-set tieshatter to come thraw 6-0 7-6. The 37-year-greater was in excellent spirits after the suit as he made his way to encounter Fitzgerald, who was courtside for his ggreater medal triumph at the Paris Olympics last summer.
And Djokovic oozed class as he shook Fitzgerald’s hand, signed his suit ticket, and seeed thraw the pictures of his Olympic thrive. “Wow,” he shelp. “I cherish it. So, you understand what we’re going to do? You appreciate this one, right, so I want you to sign, becaemploy this is your toil of art, so I necessitate your signature.”
The pair then posed for a ptoastyo arm in arm, with Djokovic hgreatering the ptoastyo of him embracing his family at Roland Garros which was signed by Fitzgerald, and Fitzgerald hgreatering his signed suit ticket. “That’s awesome,” shelp the Serb.
The draw in Miami has uncovered up for Djokovic, with huge names appreciate Daniil Medvedev and Carlos Alcaraz crashing out punctual on.
Djokovic will be hopeless to go on a excellent run after struggling thraw the uncovering weeks of 2025. He has not won an event since his ggreater medal in Paris, and due to leanning out his tournament schedule, he has slipped down to fifth in the ATP rankings.
Now toiling with establisher rival Andy Murray, Djokovic hopes to squeeze more titles out of the final years of his atsoft. And the pair are self-promised that excellent results are on the horizon if they persist putting in the toil.
“I did leave out to [Matteo] Berrettini in our Doha come apass, he was applying fantastic,” he tgreater Sky Sports. “Then a repartner necessitatey carry outance in Indian Wells so I had plenty of time, two weeks almost, and I toiled on my game.
“Andy and I talked about the game and clearly we both concurd that if I persist doing the right leangs and if I apply excellent quality tennis in train sessions, eventupartner it’s going to come. So I repartner apshow in the process and I’m repartner happy that I begined off the Miami Open the way I did today, so hopebrimmingy I can carry on going.”
