NEW YORK — World number one Novak Djokovic lost to rivals Roger Federer and Andy Murray in the finals of U.S. Open warm-up events but the Serb insists those defeats have aided his preparations for the last grand slam of the season.
"Of course, I did want to win both in Canada (Montreal) and Cincinnati, but it didn't happen," the top-seeded Djokovic told reporters on Saturday at Flushing Meadows.
"But they deserved to win because they were better players on the court. It only changes in terms of me understanding what I did wrong, what has happened in those matches, analysing it.