Novak Djokovic: 'Grass is different from any other surface'
Novak Djokovic commented on what makes grass a really unique surface.
The four-time Wimbledon winner said: "Grass court is really different from any other surface that we have in tennis, indoor, outdoor. It's very unique. It requires, as I said, more time in my opinion - I think many, many players would agree - more time spent on the court fine-tuning, understanding what makes you feel comfortable, how you can really highlight your strengths on this surface. For a lot of players it takes a lot of adjustment. For anybody really, especially coming off a three, four months long clay court season. Yes, I am fine-tuning. I'm working on my movement. I'm working on being in a right balance on the court, trying to execute the shots, take short balls, come in. It's quite different from any other styles of my specific game that I use on the other surfaces. I mean, you just have to rely more on your serve here. So you're hoping that that part of your game will work in your favor, and you're always looking to have free points on the serve. The more free points on serve you have, the more confident you feel, so the more pressure you can put on your opponent in the return games. I'm not looking that far in the draw to adjust to any particular opponent's style. It's so early right now. I'm just focusing on primarily my game, perfecting it. Then Kohlschreiber obviously is my first opponent."
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