The unexpected defeat suffered by Novak Djokovic against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the second round of the Monte Carlo master 1000 proved the human nature of the Serbian tennis player. Djokovic, having played only three games in all of 2022, in the ill-fated Dubai campaign, appeared decidedly drained, imprecise and out of shape and only clung to his immense class to avoid a thunderous defeat in two sets.However, the physical effort of the second set was paid for by the world number one in the decisive set, in which Djokovic gave real signs of surrender in the final, “delivering himself” head down …

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