Djokovic looked out of sorts against Monfils. The Serb hadn't been broken in his two previous matches in Shanghai, but he dropped serve twice in the first three games. "Inexplicably, I started serving quite bad, but not many unforced errors," he said. "It's just sometimes that you start off slowly and you're not feeling the ball as much."
Monfils played remarkable defence in the first set, sliding and stretching for every ball and forcing errors. At one point, Djokovic was so frustrated, he clenched his fists and let out a full-throttle scream.
"Today was a very physical match and very intense," he said. "I knew coming into the match that he's going to run for every ball and he's going to make me play an extra shot. Sometimes I was even surprised with the balls that he's getting back."
In the second set, it was Monfils' turn to get emotional.
Down 3-1, he sprinted after a drop shot and did a split trying to reach it, falling on his back. After lying still for 15 seconds, he finally wandered back to the service line — and received a time violation.Djokovic looked out of sorts against Monfils. The Serb hadn't been broken in his two previous matches in Shanghai, but he dropped serve twice in the first three games. "Inexplicably, I started serving quite bad, but not many unforced errors," he said. "It's just sometimes that you start off slowly and you're not feeling the ball as much."
Monfils played remarkable defence in the first set, sliding and stretching for every ball and forcing errors. At one point, Djokovic was so frustrated, he clenched his fists and let out a full-throttle scream.
"Today was a very physical match and very intense," he said. "I knew coming into the match that he's going to run for every ball and he's going to make me play an extra shot. Sometimes I was even surprised with the balls that he's getting back."
Down 3-1, he sprinted after a drop shot and did a split trying to reach it, falling on his back. After lying still for 15 seconds, he finally wandered back to the service line — and received a time violation.Djokovic looked out of sorts against Monfils. The Serb hadn't been broken in his two previous matches in Shanghai, but he dropped serve twice in the first three games. "Inexplicably, I started serving quite bad, but not many unforced errors," he said. "It's just sometimes that you start off slowly and you're not feeling the ball as much."
Monfils played remarkable defence in the first set, sliding and stretching for every ball and forcing errors. At one point, Djokovic was so frustrated, he clenched his fists and let out a full-throttle scream.
"Today was a very physical match and very intense," he said. "I knew coming into the match that he's going to run for every ball and he's going to make me play an extra shot. Sometimes I was even surprised with the balls that he's getting back."
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