Novak Djokovic Confident Without Rival Rafael Nadal in French Open

The annual clay court event, the French Open, ignited the flames of war yesterday, but the “Spanish Bull” Nadal (Rafael Nadal), who is seeking to defend his title, held a press conference a few days ago and announced that he would not be able to challenge for consecutive championships due to his hip injury. Dokovic) became the only contestant in the “Big Three”. Today, he will welcome the first round of the match, and he said frankly that he will not miss the “Spanish Bull”, especially the French Open.

“Nadal’s absence is a huge loss for tennis, as well as for the French Open, because he is the player who has achieved the best result in the history of this event, so, of course, the game has entered the Warring States Period, and everyone has a chance to win the gold cup.” Jokovic, the third seed, said at the official press conference of the French Open.

Jokovic currently ranks No. 1 with Nadal in men’s tennis with 22 Grand Slam titles. After the “Swiss Express” Roger Federer (Roger Federer) retired last year and Nadal is currently suffering from injuries, Xiao Yue has become one of the favorites to win the French Open. One, he who won the championship in 2016 and 2021 also honestly said that he will not miss Nadal.

“I mean, I don’t like to see him in the French Open draw. I didn’t have a lot of successful matches against him in the French Open.” Xiao Yue, who will play this evening Taiwan time, mentioned that although he had I beat Nadal twice at the French Open, but I have to put all my energy on the court to have a chance to win, and the overall loss is still more than the win, “So I know that it is difficult to play against him anywhere, all over the world. , especially here.”

Nadal and Xiaoyue have played 59 times in their careers, and they have played 10 times in the French Open alone. Nadal has an absolute advantage of 8 wins and 2 losses, including the most recent match in last year’s French Open 8, when Nadal took 4 sets Xiao Yue finally won his 14th French Open gold cup in his career.

Without the biggest rival on the clay court, Xiaoyue, who reached the top of the Australian Open at the beginning of the year, will become one of the favorites to win the championship. If he successfully wins the 23rd Grand Slam, he will surpass Nadal and become the first man in the history of men’s tennis.