Tennis-Wimbledon-Djokovic frustrated by his passive approach

LONDON, June 24 (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic struggled to cope with the pressure of winning the 2008 Australian Open and is frustrated with his passive approach to this year's Wimbledon. The Serb's leisurely demeanour in a 7-5 6-1 6-4 second-round victory on Wednesday was in stark contrast to his German opponent Simon Greul, who crouched low to receive serve, ready to pounce on any sign of weakness from Djokovic. "I made it more difficult for myself," said the fourth seed, who dropped serve in the opening game. "I was quite nervous, I don't know, just waiting for him to make mistakes, which was obviously the wrong thing to do, because he was going for the shots." A sea of straw hats, sun visors and... [read full story]                    

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