"The experience helps me" - Djokovic ahead of 2022 Roland Garros

Novak Djokovic understands that it will be very tough to defend his trophy at Roland Garros but he knows that experience is on his side.

Djokovic practised mostly with right-handed players while his 1st round matchup will be against a lefty Nishioka. Speaking about that, Djokovic said:

“I had a look at the draw. I think every player always looks at the entire draw and studies it in a way. You can only focus on your next challenge and match… It's a very tough top half of the men's draw, but there is something that you can't really affect… I have trained mostly with right-handed players and I'm playing with a lefty, so it is difficult.”

Asked about the favourites, Djokovic said:

“We talk about favourites for Roland-Garros and clay, you know that Nadal always has to be right at the top, because of his records, particularly in this tournament. And then you have Alcaraz which obviously is the story of men's tennis in the last four or five months with a big reason. He's had some tremendous leaps forward on rankings and the results that he's been achieving are phenomenal for someone of his age.”

Finally, he finished off with:

“I think that experience of being on the tour for such a long time helps to know how to spend energy on the court match after match, bring out the right intensity, manage everything that happens off the court, as well, and peak at the right time. Best-of-five, obviously things are different. A Grand Slam I think awakens so much motivation and emotions in a tennis player.”