Novak Djokovic has warned his French Open rivals that he is confident he can win Roland-Garros this year, with the tournament just 11 days away.
Djokovic already lifted the first Grand Slam trophy of 2023 at the Australian Open and victory in Paris would see him surpass Rafael Nadal for the most major men’s singles titles in history, with both men having won 22 thus far.
The 35-year-old Serbian has not been in the best of form, though, especially on clay this year, and crashed out of the Italian Open to Holger Rune on Wednesday.
That quarter-final loss followed early exits at the Srpska Open and Monte-Carlo Masters to Lorenzo Musetti and Dusan Lajovic respectively.
But Djokovic is confident he can win the French Open for the third time in his illustrious career as the tournament gets started on May 28 – despite the men’s singles looking set to be wide open.
Nadal, dubbed the ‘King of Clay’, has famously dominated at Roland-Garros but he has been ruled out with injury.
Some have tipped 20-year-old Carlos Alcaraz – who will take the world No.1 ranking from Djokovic after Rome – to win the second major title of his career.
‘I still have the hunger to keep going. Let’s see how far I’m going to play.’
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