Rune picks Djokovic to win 2023 French Open: "But again, it's more open because we don't have Rafa this year"
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The 2023 Roland Garros will be more open than before and Holger Rune thinks that Novak Djokovic is the most likely to win it as there won't be any Nadal.
Nadal was the player that defeated Djokovic last year at the event. The year before it was Djokovic who defeated Nadal and generally if it's not Nadal then nobody is stopping him in Paris. The Serbian hasn't had a very good prep for this year's event but rising star Holger Rune still thinks he's the most likely to win the event:
"I still think Novak is the main favorite for the event.
He's the one with the most slams of who's playing, the most experience.
Then we have Alcaraz. We have Medvedev. We have a lot of guys."
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Rune is certainly one of those that could win it along with Alcaraz, Medvedev perhaps and others. For him, it's Djokovic though because of the experience:
"I think if I have to pick one favorite, I'll probably
pick Novak. But again, it's more open because we don't have Rafa this
year who has won 14 times or something like this."
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