Former British No 1 Laura Robson does not believe Novak Djokovic will be “overly bothered” about his opening round exit at the Qatar Open.

Robson, who now works as a tennis analyst and tournament director, believes Djokovic’s swift recovery from injury to play in Doha is “a huge positive sign.”

Djokovic fell to a convincing 7-6(4), 6-2 defeat to Matteo Berrettini in the first round of the ATP 500 tournament in Qatar.

The Serbian great was playing his first event since sustaining a tear in his left hamstring at the Australian Open last month.

The 37-year-old suffered the injury during his pulsating four-set win against Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals at Melbourne Park.

Djokovic was then forced to retire due to the issue after losing the opening set of his semi-final contest with Alexander Zverev.

Some felt the Grand Slam record holder may be set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines, but he defied such expectations to make a rapid return to action in Doha.

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In an interview with Eurosport, Robson explained why she is not concerned by Djokovic’s early exit in Doha.

“I think that’s the main positive for Novak, the fact that he’s feeling healthy on the court, again,” the former world No 27 said.

“The way that he finished in Australia. I’m sure it would have been tough for him to reset because he was playing some of his best tennis against Alcaraz, and then a couple of days later, it doesn’t go his way.

“So just at his age, to be able to rebound as quickly as he has, I think is a huge positive sign. I don’t know that he is overly bothered about losing early in Doha when you consider all the tournaments that he’s won and all his accolades in his career.

“I don’t know that he’ll take much time to get over this one. So I imagine he’s spoken about it in the past, that he really wants to focus on the fact that he wants to get to 25, and that’s the big goal for this year rather than a small ATP event in the Middle East.”

Djokovic also competed in doubles at the Qatar Open as he partnered former world No 7 Fernando Verdasco at the Spaniard’s last-ever tournament.

The duo hammered Alexander Bublik and Karen Khachanov 6-1, 6-1 in the first round before losing 7-5, 6-4 to second seeds Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten in the last eight.

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