India, March 12 -- Fresh from his defeat to Jack Draper in the Indian Wells Round of 16, Novak Djokovic blamed it on one point, which proved to be costly later. Draper, who is also the defending champion, did it the hard way, tiring out his 38-year-old opponent in the third set.

In the opening game of the third set, with the score 30-30, and Djokovic serving, the pair went all out on each other in a 26-point rally. The Serbian veteran did win the point, though it reduced his energy levels by a great extent.

After he won the point, Draper had a break point later, but Djokovic managed to save it and held his serve to go 1-0 up. But according to him, it proved costly, as he 'ran completely out of gas'.

"One point. Yeah, one point," he sai...