Novak Djokovic: My winning streak fuels me to play stronger

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic says he would love to remain unbeaten in 2020 but he is not thinking too much about it and putting additional pressure on himself. 

Djokovic has claimed four titles so far this season and now he is aiming to win it all at the US Open for the fourth time. 

Djokovic kicked off his US Open campaign with a 6-1 6-4 6-1 win over Damir Dzumhur and now his record for the year stands at 24-0.

"I can speak on my own behalf obviously. Every player has a different way of, I guess, approaching these streaks. I mean, there are not too many players, both men and women, that have had long streaks of 20 plus matches won in a row. But having had that experience for me couple times before in my career obviously helps because I am aware of it absolutely. I can't lie," Djokovic said of his streak.

"I'm also not overanalyzing or I'm not overthinking about it. By virtue of potentially doing that, I would put an additional pressure that I really don't need at this point. I know pressure is a privilege, pressure is part of what we do. I try to embrace it. I don't have an issue with pressure because I'm used to it.

"I have had so many matches in my career that I kind of won when I was down, big slams and stuff. I know what I need to do and how to behave, how to make myself calm and composed and focused on what really needs to be done."

Djokovic says his focus remains on the next match 

Djokovic would love to finish the year unbeaten but he claims that's not his top priority.

"I know it sounds like a phrase, like a cliché, but I really try to focus on every match individually and really force myself to really be in the present moment. What do I need to do in order to win against that guy on a given day? As simple as that sounds, it's very effective, particularly in these kind of circumstances," Djokovic said.

"Having a Grand Slam with a match every second day actually is favorable I think for me in this particular situation because I get always an extra day in between matches to recover, recharge the batteries - mentally, as well, emotionally as much as physically - then get ready for the next challenge.

"Do I want to keep the streak going? Of course, I do. Am I thinking about it as a priority number one every single day? No. It's there, and of course it's an additional motivation for me. It actually fuels me to play even stronger, play even better, I think bring the right intensity every match."

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