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Live Tennis Staff - 1 Sep 2011
Novak Djokovic is unlikely to have too many problems tonight against Carlos Berlocq at the US Open.
Such is the form that Djokovic is in, most of his concerns so far at the US Open have come off-court. In between training sessions, he’s been shooting modeling campaigns for watchmaker Audemars Piquet and his beloved poodle Pierre has managed to make it through customs to join him at Flushing Meadows. Djokovic was crushed when UK officials refused to allow his dog to join him during Wimbledon.
Apart from that, Djokovic has been getting a little irritable about all the questions he’s copping over his reported use of the space-age style hyperbaric recovery chamber. Dubbed tennis’ version of the Orgasmatron, it has helped Djokovic keep in peak condition this season but he’s become strangely cagey on the subject and snapped that he ‘didn’t want any more questions about it’ after his first round win.
He should face few problems on court tonight against Argentine Berlocq who has a poor 8-15 win-loss record in 2011. He’s never been past the second round in New York and it’ll be one of the biggest shocks in history if he makes it through tonight.
Djokovic will already have half an eye on a potential third round meeting with Nikolay Davydenko which will cause him much more concern.