Novak Djokovic started the year in best possible way, winning the two biggest tournaments and still rejects to admit that he is in better form than any other player at the moment.
World #3 won Grand Slam in January, passed most of February due to health problems and won 9th ATP title last week at the Master Series Tournament in Indian Wells. Novak's words:
'This is a great result, obviously things all falling into their places. I begin to believe in myself more than I did last year. When someone starts winning the trophies, he proves foremost to himself then to other that he has the quality to be on top. It's just a thing of mental capabilities and mental toughness. I worked on it for teh past 2 year and I think I achieved it with the experience.
'I know it needs a lot of hard work to survive on top and for such great achievements, and that's what I'm doing. I realize people started talking about me and looking at me as the best player in the world. Looking at the results I think I deserve that, but I don't want to think in that direction, because it would produce additional pressure. There's already much pressure and expectation on my backs'.
'Still, I'm getting closer to World #2 position, and people already talk about 3, not 2 tennis players on the top. That's encouraging and great for me. But I still don't think about myself as the best player in the world'.
Novak will now participate in Miami Open, another Masters Series tournament, which he happened to win last year. Novak says:
'I'm happy there are so many tournaments on this kind of surface (hard) which fits me the most. Coming from Indian Wells as a winner will help me play easier'. Novak will be free in Round 1 and we won't see him on court for a couple of days more.
