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Originally Posted by Nadal Fan
I question Novak's motivation these days. All his peers have retired or barely play anymore, he's already the winningest player in history, he has nothing left to achieve. It's understandable really, can't be that ultra focused forever.
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I think a lack of motivation and focus is playing a role, but these young kids don't have any scar tissue when it comes to playing Novak. They see other young guys like Sinner and Rune beating him and they come into the match believing that they can come away with the win. That was some clean ball-striking by Nardi last night, I thought some untimely double-faults might do him in, but he kept his composure when it counted.