"He played better coming here, but this is Grand Slam": Goran Ivanisevic found it strange that Djokovic was written off for Roland Garros

Carlos Alcaraz was widely considered the favourite for Roland Garros and even in the match against Djokovic many sided with the Spaniard over the Serbian which confused the latter's coach Goran Ivanisevic.

Ivanisevic wasn't the only one surprised by that as former player Rennae Stubbs also questioned why Alcaraz was favoured against Djokovic considering the huge difference in experience which ultimately matters in best-of-five matches. Ivasenivic also didn't get it as he explained it all as strange:

"All this for me was little strange. Even I read a lot of paper, a lot of people saying that Alcaraz is a favourite against Novak. You cannot say that. The guy played 33 Grand Slam finals. He won 22 Grand Slams (coming into the Alcaraz match)."

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Amazing Carlos Alcaraz

Ivanisevic has nothing against Alcaraz, in fact, he loves him as a player but there are a lot of things that he needs to learn still in order to become a great champion like Djokovic did. The cramps that ultimately ruined him in the match against Djokovic were caused by a combination of factors that were all in control of Alcaraz but he didn't handle it well which is the lack of experience.

When it comes to Ivanisevic and his thoughts on Alcaraz, he had this to say:

"Alcaraz is the next unbelievable. He's amazing. I love Carlos, and he's going to win I don't know how many Grand Slams, but you cannot say that he's a favorite. Yeah, he played better coming here, but this is Grand Slam."

He will learn with time and become better with the next chance coming at Wimbledon. It's not his best surface but many learned how to play well on it and Alcaraz certainly can do the same. There is no lack of hunger to succeed which is the most important part.

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