{"id":898,"date":"2009-09-14T13:54:59","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T12:54:59","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-04-22T17:26:38","modified_gmt":"2012-04-22T16:26:38","slug":"novak-i-was-close-in-all-three-sets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/novak-i-was-close-in-all-three-sets\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak: I was close in all three sets!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=arhiva src=https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/arhiva\/slike\/TvrdaPodloga\/301.jpg> {nl}{nl}After Roger Federer defeated him in the US Open semi-finals, Novak wasn\u2019t hiding disappointment with the way he lost. {nl}{nl}\u2018I had the feeling that I was close all three sets. It&#8217;s just that when I get close, when I am able to get to the break points or I&#8217;m up a break, I just start making some unforced errors. And I don&#8217;t want to mention the word luck, but I didn&#8217;t have it today. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m a little bit disappointed\u2019, said Novak at the press conference after the match.{nl}{nl}The best Serbian tennis player made a break in the sixth game of the first set to go up 4-2, but Federer immediately broke back and then held to level the score. {nl}{nl}\u2018I think that&#8217;s the worst game I played all match. Who knows? If I was 5-2 up, a lot of things can change. If you win a set, it&#8217;s a big advantage. You could get the confidence and the opponent starts being a little confused and gets out of the comfort zone\u2019, added Djokovic.{nl}{nl}He also had his chances in the second and third set, but failed to use them.{nl}{nl}\u2018I was trying to push myself and kind of wait for opportunities. When they have been given to me, I didn&#8217;t use them. Again. That&#8217;s what is a little bit disappointing. You&#8217;re right there. You have to make an extra step, and you don&#8217;t\u2019, he said.{nl}{nl}\u2018But that&#8217;s tennis. I have lost it. I had the opportunity and I didn&#8217;t use it, so that&#8217;s why I regret. But, you know, there are many more years to come\u2019, concluded Novak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Roger Federer defeated him in the US Open semi-finals, Novak wasn\u2019t hiding disappointment with the way he lost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[101010284],"class_list":["post-898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-us-open-2009-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=898"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28385,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898\/revisions\/28385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}