Novak Djokovic has labelled his second round exit to the hands of Alejandro Tabilo at the Monte Carlo Masters as the ‘worst day’ for him, Afrosport reports.
Tabilo handed the 24-time Grand Slam champion a surprising 6-3, 6-4 victory, thus denying the Serbian another chance of winning the 100th ATP Tour title of his illustrious career.
This comes a year after Djokovic lost in straight sets to the Chilean at the Rome Masters.
Reflecting on the defeat, the 37-year-old said: “Actually, more like the worst day. Look, I was hoping this wasn’t going to happen but there was a high probability that I was going to play this way. I don’t know.
“Just horrible, horrible feeling to play this way and just sorry for all the people that had to witness this.”
He added: “Well, I expected myself to at least put in a decent performance, not like this. This is horrible. I have high expectations, really. I knew I’m going to face a tough opponent and I knew I’m probably going to play bad but this bad, I didn’t expect.”
Alejandro Tabilo.
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Djokovic, who recently lost the Miami Open final to Jakub Mensik, will turn 38 years old three days before the commencement of the second Grand Slam of the year at the French Open.
