Novak Djokovic: 'French Open is the ultimate goal on clay'
Novak Djokovic is confident that he will get to the French Open in the best possible way. Speaking in a press conference after his loss to Daniil Medvedev in Monte Carlo, the Serb said: "French Open is the ultimate goal on clay, and I hope I can -- I mean, for sure, it's expected in a way for me to peak right at that tournament, because that's what I'm aiming for. This is only the first tournament on clay, and it's a long season. Let's see how it goes."
Explaining the reason behind his losses against Philipp Kohlschreiber in Indian Wells, Roberto Bautista Agut in Miami and Medvedev in Monte Carlo Djokovic added: "Maybe I'm lacking the consistency with the top results in the last couple of years in the best tournaments, but Grand Slams I have been playing my best, and that's what I intend to do."
Asked if there is any reason why so many top players like him, Dominic Thiem, Alexander Zverev struggle here in Monte-Carlo, Djokovic replied: "It's the first tournament of the season on clay, and a lot of maybe lower-ranked guys, they play maybe one tournament before. That can be one of the reasons. The other is, you know, you're part of the same sport with everybody else, and of course, it happens that you have a bad day. I cannot speak on behalf of Sascha or Dominic about conditions here. I mean, obviously for every player is different. But conditions are quite slow here. But the balls are different this year. They bounce very high. So we had three different, four different days, four different conditions, really. You know, very slow, low bounce, heavy conditions. Then you had a lot of wind. Then all of a sudden, very hot. That does affect the game a lot. It's definitely a big challenge to kind of adjust to that."
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2IKkQS8
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