Tim Henman names two causes Novak Djokovic is not his choose to win French Open

May 22, 2023 at 4:46 PM
Tim Henman names two causes Novak Djokovic is not his choose to win French Open

“Not too many players can beat him [Alcaraz] on clay. He is so sound. He serves bigger, better, and more accurately. He doesn’t make mistakes. His movement is as good as I’ve ever seen. He has great variation, comes to the net, uses drop shots. His forehand and backhand from the back of the court are incredible.”

Djokovic missed the Madrid Open resulting from an elbow damage however returned to motion on the Italian Open, although crashed out to Rune on the quarter-final stage. During the event, Djokovic misplaced his rating high spot to Alcaraz, then dropped to 3rd following Daniil Medvedev’s closing win in Rome.

The Russian is now 10-2 on clay this yr and shall be hoping to go additional than his greatest end as a quarter-finalist in 2021, although Henman continues to be backing Alcaraz over Medvedev and Djokovic.