Waiting for the premiere of Novak Djokovicscheduled this Tuesday no earlier than 8:15 pm in the night session of Roland Garros, threats to the champion and world number one are increasing.
This season there is no worse enemy than himself, although also pushed by the growth of the Italian Jannik Sinner, who opened the Serbian thunder box by winning the semifinals of the Australian Open.
‘Nole’ could not have imagined that the trend was going down. He also did not raise his head in Geneva, a week before Roland Garros, losing in the semis to the Czech. Tomas Macac.
He was submitted the next day, in the final, by the Norwegian Casper Ruud, who confirmed his power on clay and his return to top performance by lifting the trophy in the Swiss city. He has already won the Conde de Godó Trophy, where he avenged the defeat in the Monte Carlo final against Stefanos Tsitsipas.
The Norwegian, finalist at Roland Garros in 2022 and 2023, entered Paris with a huge Brazilian ‘qually’ Felipe Meligeni Alves 6-3, 6-4 and 6-3. He will cross against the Spaniards Alexander Davidovich or the Monegasque Valentin Vacherot.
Ruud wanted to send messages of security to Djokovic, whom he beat for the first time in Monte Carlo and will meet again in the quarterfinals at Roland Garros, having recovered their rivalry from the 2023 final.
The Scandinavians are serious about this tournament. A notice for Djokovic and other rivals who cross your path. Davidovich could try it, for example.
Source: La Verdad
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