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I am thinking solely about tomorrow and the next week,
Djokovic told Tennis Majors I had the feeling that I could go all the way at Roland Garros, but then the injury occurred. I played finals at Wimbledon… the Olympics were my biggest goal, and I played my best tennis in Paris,
It's hard to see the big perspective right now. You're just angry and upset that you lost and the way you played, and that's it. But tomorrow is a new day. I will obviously think about what to do next."
Speaking after his defeat, Djokovic also said Popyrin beat me deservedly, if he serves like he did and plays well he can beat anyone. Alcaraz is out, so far it has been a tournament with big surprises. At the moment Jannik Sinner is the favourite, but there are also Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz who are playing well and can surprise, then also Andrey Rublev and Grigor Dimitrov."
He has gone close with a bunch of top guys, but he really hasn’t been consistent, until the last 18 months. He has started to have a lot more wins and now he has broken through with the Montreal win. That was a game-changer for him, because it lets him know I can do it,
It was pretty obvious when he left that he had all the equipment to be a top 50 player – that was definitely there,
He’s actually a really good friend of mine,
Popyrin said of his last-16 rival I probably came here with not as much energy as I thought that I was going to,
For me, winning Montreal was way bigger than today, just because it's a title, and it's a Masters 1000 title. That felt unbelievable,
Like I said in Montreal, for me the biggest part about Montreal was I was able to back up big wins. For me, that's something that I have really had to work on,
If he serves well, plays well, he can beat anybody,
Djokovic said about Popyrin It was just an awful match for me,
Third time lucky I guess,
Popyrin said in an on-court interview From the first match, I just didn't find myself at all on this court. It's all I can say,
I tried so many things, and sometimes that's an issue, you know, is that you move away from the basics that work. Then you just lose the basics. You lose the foundation,
I woke up in the morning and showed my girlfriend straight away in shock. It was crazy. Results like that happen. I thought to myself, why not me today?"
On learning of the upset, Popyrin said I've had the capability of winning a big match but not being able to back it up,
He's a very tricky player. Probably has one of the best hands on tour, comes into the net a lot, likes to mix it up,
Congratulations to him and his team,
It's not good to be in that kind of state where you feel okay physically, and of course you're motivated because it's a Grand Slam, but you just are not able to find your game. That's it,