the serbian Novak Djokovic appears as one of the main candidates to win this year’s contest Roland Garrosthe first in two decades to be played without the Spaniard Rafael Nadalwhose retirement announcement next year has called into question his future on the circuit.
Djkovic confirmed on Saturday that he regards Carlos Alcaraz as the main favorite to lift the Musketeers Cup, although he assured that there are other candidates, including himself.
Without Nadal, he said, “there are opportunities for everyone” because with him “I would be the undisputed favorite.” “I can’t say that I will miss him, every time I face him I have to fight with all my might,” said the Serbian, who considered the Spaniard “his greatest rival”, “the one that has had the most impact” in his career because “It’s always been a motivating factor.”
The announcement that next year will be Nadal’s last “made me think. What about my career? How long will I play? I’m not going to announce now, but it’s something that makes me reflect. It provoked me a lot of emotions to announce”, assured .
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Djokovic acknowledged that the fact that at Roland Garros he could win his 23rd Grand Slam and thus surpass Nadal “is a reason for motivation.”
“One of the reasons why I’m still playing at this level is to break all the records,” said the Serbian, who assured that at the age of 36 he will maintain something in his fitness and prioritize Grand Slams.
World number 3 is assigned Alcarazhis possible rival in a hypothetical semifinal, as the favorite “because he is number 1 in the world” and because “he has a reputation as a very healthy person, very disciplined”, in addition to the positive influence of Juan Carlos Ferrero.
“He’s won big titles on clay this season and that’s why he’s the favorite. Even though he’s only won one Grand Slam and I’ve won 22, if you look at the last few months, the way we two, he is more. of my favorite.”, he added.
But he qualified that “Grand Slams are different tournaments” and pointed out that “experience is on (his) side.”
“How much is that going to influence? If we meet each other, we’ll see. But if we look at things from the point of view of the game and form, he is the favorite,” he insisted.
The Serbian assured that there are also other candidates for the title, mentioning Russian Daniil Medvedev, world number 2 and that “he is starting to play well on clay”, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipasthe German Alexander Zverevthe Italian Jannick Sinner, the Danish Holger Rune or the norwegian Casper Ruud.
Source: La Verdad
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