Djokovic lies in a surprising defeat against the "very strong" Khachanov | Now

Novak Djokovic did not want to talk too much about his own game after his surprising defeat in the final of the Masters tournament in Paris. The Serb believes that his Russian opponent Karen Khachanov deserves praise.

Djokovic, 31, could have won his 23rd consecutive game but was not in the last match against nine-year-old Khachanov. The match was already decided after one hour and 39 minutes: 7-5 and 6-4

"Karen played very hard all week and definitely deserves to win this game," said Djokovic. "He's still young, but he's already an established name in tennis and he's even shown me why we're going to see him often in the future."

On Saturday, Djokovic won the match against Roger Federer. more than three hours, which clearly played a role in the final. "I am unfortunately not fully recovered from this race," admitted the Serb, who could officially be named Monday as the new number 1.

"In addition, I have not managed to add anything either to my shot in the final, Something I did earlier in this tournament, I am also very satisfied, I will be the world number one, I won more than twenty consecutive games and I had a good month . "] Khachanov delighted after a surprising profit

Khachanov could not stand a chance after the stunt against Djokovic. For the Russian, it was his third tournament victory of the year after his triumph in Marseille (February) and Moscow (October) in 2018.

"That matters a lot to me, because it's one of the most great victories of my life, career, "says Khachanov. "I could not finish the season better than beat world No. 1 Djokovic in such a big tournament."

According to the eighteenth number on the planet, he has already achieved his goals this year. "Of course, I wanted to finish as high as possible, but I also wanted to be competitive against men like Djokovic, and now it's important to keep working with my team and improve."

For Djokovic, the season is not over yet. The new captain of the world ranking participates in the final of the prestigious tour of the end of the year of the ATP World Tour, to be held in London from Sunday, November 11 to Sunday, November 18.