Novak Djokovic facing the young Canadian star Felix Auger Aliassime in the quarterfinals Italian Open 2022. Djokovic lost the final in Rome in the 2021 edition. Raphael Nadal. After Nadal’s early exit, Djokovic will try to make the most of the opportunity. He will also want to step onto French soil with a tournament win that will bolster Djokovic’s claim to defend his title at Roland Garros.
Djokovic remembers the 2014 conquest of Rome as he prepares for his sixth championship in this beautiful and historic city. He talks about how he has to keep fighting every match, when he’s faced several marathons against the best clay-court experts of the time. David Ferrer and including some other challenging matches Philipp Kohlschreiber and Milos Raonic.
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Djokovic has faced Rafael Nadal multiple times in his career and his battles on clay are largely one-sided, with Rafa leading the score quite clearly. He also talked about how Rafa overheated on the clay from the very beginning. Djokovic entered the final battle after a tough week in Rome and the upcoming challenge was tough.
Djokovic says:
“Only full ball spins from the start, it’s hard to deal with his ball, it takes a while to adjust to them.” If you can weather the first storm, then you may have a chance to win it.”
“You know you’re going to get a lot of timeouts, service timeouts, especially if you’re playing Nadal. I wasn’t too worried about that. Of course, you never want to lose your serve, but I loved the chance to come back and get a chance to win, and finally, it finally happened.”
Novak Djokovic will try to win the sixth championship. RomeIf he makes his Roland-Garros debut in 2022 because he wants to strike fear into the hearts of his opponents, it’s not that world No. 1 needs that, but it will still be a sure sign. Djokovic is working full throttle.
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