Despite his defeat, Novak Djokovic He was one of the characters of the day. His elimination in the Australian Open semis It was a pretty hard blow. And in the press conference after the meeting, she spoke about several topics and one of them was what is coming on the agenda, with Roland Garros on the horizon as the next Grand Slam to be played.
The Serbian was very self-critical in his fall against Jannik Sinner and recognized that he was not at his best level and that The Italian was really incredible to beat him once againjust as he had done in the round robin of the ATP Finals in November and in the Davis Cup.
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What did Djokovic say about the favorite for Roland Garros?
In the press conference after his defeat, the one from Belgrade was consulted on different topics and one of them was about his candidate for Roland Garros, which will be played from May 20 to June 9 in Paris.
“If Rafa Nadal is playing, I always see him as one of the favorites there, there is no doubt that he is number one, regardless of the fact that he hasn’t played much, but he is who he is at Roland Garros.”
Nadal and Djokovic, in 2021 in Paris.
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Thus, the world No. 1 made it clear that You always have to give the manacorí a chance in his favorite tournament, even though it arrives with little filming. For now, the Spaniard is scheduled to return to play in Doha at the end of February after the injury he suffered in Brisbane weeks ago, in what had been his return since last year.
On the other hand, He also mentioned Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner as candidateswhile saying that anyone who is among the five or ten best in the ranking can easily win it.
“We’re going to see how the players play in the coming months, particularly on clay, in the clay season. It is a surface under completely different conditions. “Some players are probably more favorites than others on clay, just because it’s a kind of surface that suits a certain type of tennis player,” he explained.
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Djokovic’s 33-match undefeated streak in Australia ends
The top winner of the first Grand Slam of the season was tied with Monica Seles as the tennis players with the most consecutive victories, but could not pass her due to her fall against Sinner in the semifinals.
Anyway, at the conference he took it in stride and confessed that he knew that “The streak was going to end someday. It was going to happen and at least I gave everything I could in circumstances where I didn’t play well and lost against a player who has a very good chance of winning his first Grand Slam. That’s all”.
Djokovic said goodbye to Australia.
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The ‘Djoker’ had passages of good tennis during the tournament and showed that even though he will turn 37 in May, he is still more relevant than ever. Still, he was harsh in his analysis and he said he didn’t play like he could have.
“I just hope to get a chance to come back, to play at least one other time and go through the emotions once again,” he confessed at the press conference. Djokovic had just won in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023, while in 2022 he did not participate due to the conflict he had for not being vaccinated against Covid, which is why he ended up being deported. That edition was won by Rafael Nadal.
In any case, he will maintain the No. 1 ranking, while Daniil Medvedev, however he goes in the final with Jannik Sinner, will be the new No. 2 and will displace Carlos Alcaraz.
2024-01-26 22:52:58
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