On Saturday, May 13, 2017 at 1:09:50 AM UTC-7, rec.sport.tennis wrote:
> Win or narrow defeat and you think the old Djokovic is on the way back
>
> easy win for Nadal and Joker's got lot of work to do to win slams again
Loss provided important info. Djokovic knows how far away he is, and how much he needs to work. He can't just pick up where he left things from a year ago. If he needed confirmation, this loss to Nadal was it.