I find Djokovic impossible to warm to. There's something about him which doesn't sit right. Something almost inhuman, like he's part alien or android. I've always found the gluten free diet/hyperbaric chamber explanation questionable when it comes to explaining his almost overnight transformation into a relentless multi-slam winning automaton. The only time I can recall him really coming off the rails was a few years back when off-court allegations about marital issues surfaced.

I didn't see Friday's match but I saw Nadal destroy him in straight sets in last year's delayed French Open final and, again, that level/speed of improvement seems extraordinary, like he's got some sort of re-programming facility other players don't have access to.

I used to know a girl who went on to cover tennis for a press agency and she said he's not a pleasant character beneath the humble Mr nice guy image he tries to project. He certainly does seem desperate to share some of the love the fans have for Federer and Nadal but that's just not going to happen.