Novak Djokovic news: Serbian 'felt unwell' before Monte-Carlo Masters defeat, says coach

Djokovic played just his fourth match of the year when he lost to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, and looked well short of both fitness and sharpness throughout.

That opinion is shared by coach Goran Ivanisevic, who has revealed Djokovic arrived in Monte-Carlo feeling ill.

"Let's say he's not fit one hundred percent to compete. First of all in this situation.

"You can't prepare the way you would need to. And then he got sick. And, to be honest, I didn't expect something spectacular from this tournament.

"He'll find his way out of this in his constant playing," Ivanisevic explained.

"He started to play well in Rome where he got to the final, then he won the French Open. So I'm not worried. He just needs some continuity, he needs to play more and more matches and he's going to find his way."

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