{"id":1942766,"date":"2026-05-19T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T05:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1942766"},"modified":"2026-05-19T08:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T05:00:26","slug":"french-open-novak-djokovic-told-he-could-lose-to-anyone-by-former-world-no-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1942766","title":{"rendered":"French Open: Novak Djokovic told he &#8216;could lose to anyone&#8217; by former world No 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">French Open: Novak Djokovic told he \u2018could lose to anyone\u2019 by former world No 2<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/shahidaj\" class=\"text-sm font-normal 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                 Novak Djokovic grimaces during a match                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Novak Djokovic\u2019s experience will count for a lot at this year\u2019s Roland Garros, but Alex Corretja has warned the tennis great that he could struggle if he\u2019s not physically up to scratch to compete on clay.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-time Grand Slam winner will head to the French Open with only three sets under his belt on the red dirt as he played only one tournament in the lead-up to Paris and that was the Italian Open where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/what-is-novak-djokovic-ranking-after-loss-italian-open-2026\">he lost 6-2, 2-6, 4-6 against qualifier Dino Prizmic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic had an option to play at the Geneva Open this week to get more match practice before the French Open starts on 24 May, but when asked after his Rome exit about playing in Switzerland, he replied: \u201cNo. This year, no. I\u2019ll just go to Paris straight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Age is no longer on his side while he has also struggled with a shoulder problem in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old added: \u201cIt\u2019s not an ideal preparation, to be honest. I don\u2019t recall last time I had in the last couple of years a preparation where I didn\u2019t have any kind of physical issues or health issues coming into the tournament. There\u2019s always something. Kind of a new reality that I have to deal with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is frustrating. At the same time it\u2019s my decision to still perform in that kind of state and conditions. It is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>French Open News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\/french-open-projected-mens-seeds-sinner-no-1-djokovic-benefits-from-alcarazs-withdrawal\">French Open projected men\u2019s seeds: Sinner No 1, Djokovic benefits from Alcaraz\u2019s withdrawal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-novak-djokovic-rankings-peril-french-open\">Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic and four more big names facing French Open rankings peril<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last year, the Serbian lost his opening matches at the Monte Carlo Masters and Madrid Open, but then opted to add the Geneva Open to his schedule and ended up winning the tournament to lift his ATP Tour career singles trophy.<\/p>\n<p>He then went on to reach the semi-final at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/french-open\">Roland Garros<\/a> before losing in straight sets against Jannik Sinner.<\/p>\n<p>Two-time French Open runner-up Corretja says a fully fit Djokovic will always be difficult to beat, but he warns that if he is not in peak condition, then he could struggle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is, well, amazing that he\u2019s still around and he\u2019s still willing to do well,\u201d the former world No 2 told <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tntsports.co.uk\/tennis\/roland-garros\/2026\/french-open-jannik-sinner-almost-unbeatable-carlos-alcaraz-absence-novak-djokovic-threat-alex-corretja_sto23300832\/story.shtml\">TNT Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was happy enough to see him going to play in Rome, hopefully to get a few matches. When that didn\u2019t happen, I was thinking, \u2018Oh, maybe he\u2019s going to play Geneva again and try to see if he can play a few matches before Roland-Garros,\u2019 but it didn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I\u2019m not so sure how he feels physically, if he\u2019s ready or not. It\u2019s not that easy to go from almost playing nothing to playing best-of-five [sets].<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I believe he feels like, \u2018Okay, as the matches will go on and the tournament will go on, I will get the rhythm that I was missing in the last, let\u2019s say, weeks, nearly months\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it\u2019s a bit tricky. He\u2019s got experience, and sometimes when you play Roland-Garros, it\u2019s about experience but also the physique needs to help you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think there are more than, let\u2019s say, five guys maybe in the draw that can beat him if he\u2019s okay and if he\u2019s ready. If he\u2019s not ready, yeah, of course you can lose to anyone because tennis is so hard nowadays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French Open: Novak Djokovic told he \u2018could lose to anyone\u2019 by former world No 2 Shahida Jacobs 19 May 2026 9:00 AM Novak Djokovic grimaces during a match Novak Djokovic\u2019s experience will count for a lot at this year\u2019s Roland Garros, but Alex Corretja has warned the tennis great that he could struggle if he\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1942766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1942766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942766\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1942766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1942766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1942766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}