MIAMI — Novak Djokovic has gone from being the most dominant tennis player in the world to sounding like an existential philosopher, and not many of those have ever won a tennis tournament.
Djokovic has won 68 titles, including 12 Grand Slam championships and six Miami Opens. But those days seem a long way off. Ever since Djokovic lost in the final of the 2016 United States Open, his career has been in a tailspin, and he cannot pull himself out.
After a 6-3, 6-4 defeat to Benoit Paire of France on Friday at the Miami Open, Djokovic had few concrete answers for why he cannot regain his once-commanding form.