Saturday, March 29, 2008

Djokovic pays price for ritual on serve

Novak Djokovic often bounces the ball more than a dozen times before serving, and the ritual may have cost him a match yesterday in Key Biscayne, Fla.
The defending champion at the Sony Ericsson Open went into a funk after being warned for taking too much time between points, then blew a third-set lead to lose his opening match.
Qualifier Kevin Anderson, a 6-foot-7 former NCAA doubles champion at Illinois, beat the third-seeded Djokovic, 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-4.

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