For the 22-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic, his 7th final of the French Open will likely be no totally different as he nonetheless feels the strain. The Serbian reached the ultimate after defeating World no. 1 World No.1 Carlos Alcaraz by 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 on Friday.
Djokovic will race for file twenty third main trophy in opposition to Norwegian fourth seed Casper Ruud on June 11.
“Pressure is always on my shoulders, so it’s not going to be different,” Djokovic stated as cited by atptour.com.
Djokovic performed lovely tennis in Paris in opposition to Alcaraz, however the Spaniard who suffered from a cramp within the match had struck again to stage the pair’s semi-final at one-set-all. Djokovic clinched a marathon recreation by specializing in his personal recreation to search out victory.
“But it’s part of my sport, part of my life, all that I do. I think that having pressure is a privilege. But it’s a source of motivation, as well. Great motivation to play well and to reach Sunday. Before the tournament, I was saying that of course for me Roland Garros is a Grand Slam, and it’s the most important tournament on this surface. So I was well-prepared so that I would be in this position so that I would be ready for this battle to win this other Grand Slam title,” the 36-year-old stated.
Djokovic can transfer forward of the Legend Rafael Nadal in respect to the Grand Slam titles if he wins the ultimate of the Roland Garros.
“I hope that I’ll play my best tennis level on Sunday. The only thing I can say now is that I’m very focused. History is always something that’s hovering over me, but I’m very happy to be in this position to write history of this sport, but I’m just thinking about winning the next match,” he added.
When requested about Alcaraz who stated after the match that the strain of the match contributed to his cramps, Djokovic stated, “I have experienced that several times.”
“Being in one of the greatest tournaments of the world, [and] maybe for the first time in his career he was expected to win. He was maybe not an underdog, chasing the title and trying to win against a favourite. It was probably the other way around. So maybe that affected him. As he said, it probably did,” Djokovic concluded.