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\u201cI’ve done it a few times in my career. It worked. A few times it didn’t work, but tonight it did and I’m grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Djokovic has spoken previously about how he likes to talk himself out of trouble, notably after his win in the Wimbledon 2022 final, and revealed that he began to enforce the motivational technique after hearing how basketball star Kobe Bryant spoke in depth about how you needed to convince yourself that you can improve in order to play any sport to the very highest level.<\/p>\n
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The No. 2 seed made it no secret that his match against Djere was a hard-fought win and that a simple pep talk would not be all that he needed to secure the win. He explained: \u201cUnbelievable. It\u2019s almost 2am, a large number of people stayed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope [the fans] enjoyed the show, it was definitely not so enjoyable for me, especially in the first two sets. It was one of the toughest matches I\u2019ve played here in many years. Huge, huge credit to Laslo for playing some of the best tennis that I\u2019ve ever seen him play.\u201d<\/p>\n