Serb equals Nadal record a year after Australia deportation and says: ‘Only my team and family know what I have been through’
“When I went into my box, I just think emotionally collapsed there and teared up with especially my mother and my brother, when I gave them a hug, because up to that moment I was not allowing myself to be distracted with things off the court or whatever was happening in dealing with an injury, things happening off the court, as well, that could easily have been a big disturbance to my focus, to my game.”moves him level with Rafael Nadal as the joint men’s all time grand slam record holder.
Ivanisevic said that “97% of the players, on Saturday when you get results of the MRI, you go straight to the referee office and pull out of the tournament. But not him. He is from other space. His brain is working different.”
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