"His margin is less and less": Mouratoglou believes Nadal will have hard time competing with Djokovic and Next Gen at Roland Garros

Patrick Mouratoglou believes that Rafael Nadal will have a very tough time dealing with the next generation and Novak Djokovic at Roland Garros later this year.

Nadal will always be a threat at Roland Garros simply due to the way he has played at the event over the years.

He won it dozens of times seemingly never losing a match at the event but Mouratoglou thinks that this year will be very different.

Obviously, he won't arrive prepared due to his hip injury but the new generation of players are coming and it's hard to stop them:

"There is a field of guys that potentially could make a surprise. I think this Roland-Garros will be incredibly exciting because if you look at the past, there was not much suspense. We knew more or less that Rafa would win. I am not saying that he is not going to win this year, he can still win."

He added:

"But he is getting older, and it's more and more difficult. He is more and more injured. His preparation is never as good as what he wishes. It was the same last year, and he still managed to win. He had so much margin and his margin is less and less."

Mouratoglou also mentioned players that are most likely to have a good run in Paris:

"You have Novak, whose level didn't drop, contrary to Rafa. And on the other hand, you have upcoming players that are so dangerous. You have, of course, Carlos Alcaraz, who is great on clay and who is playing better and better. You still have Felix Auger-Aliassime, Jannik Sinner."