Novak Djokovic: David Law puts Indian Wells defeat to Kolschreiber down to ONE thing

NOVAK DJOKOVIC lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber at Indian Wells because he hadn’t played in six weeks according to tennis commentator David Law.

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The Serbian was stunned in straight sets in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open last week.

It was the first time in a while that Novak Djokovic lost his cool as he smashed his racquet of the court after losing the first set.

The world No 1 currently holds three of the four Grand Slam titles and many predicted him to go all the way at Indian Wells.

But it was the German who came out on top to reach the Round of 16 where he eventually came unstuck against Gael Monfils.

The world No 39 also stunned Nick Kyrgios before upsetting the odds against Djokovic.

According to David Law, the defeat does not need to be overanalysed and it was simply just a case of being out of practise on the court.

“We only briefly saw Djokovic after our last recording because we were all waiting for Kyrgios versus Djokovic,” he said.

“We were all laughing about the fact Kyrgios has gone and lost in the first round to Philipp Kohlschreiber who was amazing, and then went and backed it up and beat Djokovic.

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Novak Djokovic's Indian Wells defeat has been discussed by David Law (Image: GETTY)

“I think Djokovic as brilliant as Kohlschreiber was, I think Djokovic was probably a little bit underdone there after six weeks without playing.”

Djokovic is back in action alongside Roger Federer the Miami Open this week looking to make amends for his shortcomings in California.

“He pretty much ended up playing doubles all the way through the tournament,” Law added.

"I certainly don’t have any fears for the form of Djokovic in the short, medium or long term.”

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Novak Djokovic lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber (Image: GETTY)

Catherine Whitaker believes the poor showingcreates an element of pressure on him to perform in Florida.

“I do think there is quite a lot of pressure on him in Miami now to not lose early, not to necessarily go out and win the thing,” she said.

“Although having said that, he is I think my favourite to do that. I think 42 days is a little bit too long to sort of come back and click right into gear.

“It was one of those irritable and flat Djokovic performances [against Kohlschreiber] for a short period, a year to 18 months ago we’d got quite used to seeing.”

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