Novak Djokovic: 'Rafael Nadal is the main favorite to win the French Open'
In a press conference at the French Open Novak Djokovic commented on Rafael Nadal's state of form. The Spaniard only won one clay title prior to the second Calendar Grand Slam, but the Serb believes Nadal has the biggest chances."
"I said it in Italy, that he's the main favorite to win the title. I think it wouldn't be fair to pick anybody else but him as the main favorite, because he has won this tournament so many times. He has lost, what, two times in his career on Parisian clay? So lots of respect for him, obviously, as always. We had a good match in Rome. He was a better player. Was just too strong. I felt like I had a fantastic couple weeks in Madrid and Rome, and I probably ran out of gas a little bit in the finals with a couple of long matches and late-night finishes and quarterfinals and semifinals. Overall, you know, very positive weeks, and it's a great lead-up to what's coming up here. This is the tournament that I was preparing for, so to say, for last couple of months I wanted to peak in this tournament and this is where I want to play my best tennis. I'm sure I'm not the only one, but, you know, for me, there is an extra motivation and incentive to win Roland Garros because of the opportunity to hold all four slams, something I did three years ago in my career, and that gives me obviously enough reason to believe I can do it again."
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2M4Eewi
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