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Posted in Melbourne: Novak Djokovic
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SPIEGEL:
Mr. Kirchner, in boxing it is said that a battered opponent is particularly dangerous. Does that also apply to tennis?
Kirchner:
In a certain way, because there is actually a risk that your own focus will change.
That you are more concerned about the performance and sensitivities of the other than about yourself.
SPIEGEL:
Neither is possible?
Kirchner:
In fact, there is no multitasking in the brain.
What we call multitasking, the simultaneous processing of things, is not possible in the brain.
So if my attention is with the opponent, it is not with me.
So you lose this flow, the state when the mind is resting, which everyone wants and which you also need to beat Novak Djokovic.
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