Djokovic blames ‘illness’ and apologises to home crowd for bagel in Rublev defeat

“Novak Djokovic lost the deciding set 6-0 to Andrey Rublev in the Serbia Open final. The World No.1 was playing in just his ATP event of the season, and is clearly still working towards full fitness as he gears up for his French Open defence. Djokovic blamed ‘illness’ for the final-set bagel, but was eager to take the positives from the defeat.”