Novak Djokovic raised his first trophy of the year at the Italian Open on Sunday and showed that he's back in top form exactly a week before the French Open starts.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic kisses the trophy after winning the final match against Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, May 15, 2022. Just in time, too.
Now, both Djokovic and Alcaraz need to be considered as top favourites for the French Open, which starts next Sunday. "Right now, Carlos Alcaraz or Novak Djokovic," Tsitsipas said when asked to pick the French Open favourite -- without even mentioning Nadal's name. "I already know that I did some great stuff this season, so I feel like I can just play freely," Swiatek said. "For sure the expectations around are higher, but I never had a problem to cut it off and not to think about it. Also I'm gaining experience at that.""All these tournaments that I've won seem pretty surreal right now," she said."That was a close, close match," Djokovic said.
Djokovic, who was deported because of his un-vaccinated status ahead of the Australian Open, hadn't won a tournament since raising the Paris Masters trophy in November. "I kind of shifted my attitude from, 'Whoa, she's going to spread me around now,' to, 'I'm going to get to every ball now and play every point till the last shot."
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