{"id":37120,"date":"2025-03-30T02:11:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T02:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=37120"},"modified":"2025-03-30T02:11:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T02:11:31","slug":"novak-djokovic-reveals-why-miami-open-is-bringing-out-the-best-in-him-despite-poor-form-after-reaching-8th-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=37120","title":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic reveals why Miami Open is bringing out the best in him despite poor form after reaching 8th final"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Novak Djokovic spoke about his bout with Father Time and the recent exceptional level that he’s been playing at after reaching the 2025 Miami Open final on Friday (March 28). Djokovic disclosed that his campaign at the Florida event during this fortnight had helped him put his past struggles on the back-burner.<\/p>\n

The 24-time Major winner had been on a three-match losing streak dating back to his retirement in the semifinals of the Australian Open in January due to a right hamstring injury. The 37-year-old has enjoyed a reversal of fortunes in Miami though, not having dropped a single set en route to his eighth final at the Florida event.<\/p>\n

Djokovic\u00a0spoke to Tennis Channel following his straight-sets semifinal victory against 14th-seeded Grigor Dimitrov on Friday, where the World No. 5 was asked whether he was in full power during his\u00a0Miami Open\u00a0campaign. In response, the Serb stated that he hadn’t played this well since securing his first-ever gold medal at the Paris Olympics last August.<\/p>\n

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He also looked back on the last few months that he had endured on the ATP Tour, claiming that his run at the 1000-level event made his frustrations with lack of form and age go away.<\/p>\n

“I mean, they are as good as they’ve been since the Olympics last year. I played pretty well also at the Australian Open,” Novak Djokovic told Tennis Channel’s Prakash Amitraj (1:30 onwards). “The injury obviously, prevented me to go to play the entire semifinals but consistently playing this well, match after match, is probably last time it was Olympic Games. So yeah, I’m really glad when I play like this… obviously everything is enjoyable. And I forget about the age, and I forget about the struggles and everything.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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