ATP title winner suffered a less favourable outcome in Rome where he was knocked out in the third round.Although recent results have been below Djokovic’s usual standards, the three-time Roland Garros champion is hoping to peak at the clay court major, “I know what I’m capable of, and particularly in the Grand Slams I normally play the best tennis, at least I aim always to play the best tennis, and I was most of my career able to do that, so that’s the goal.
“I have been saying for quite a while that in terms of clay, I want to peak in Roland Garros. Last year I had an amazing year particularly here in Roland Garros, and hopefully, I can have a great tournament.”
He added, “Of course it does affect me, the five months that I had so far in the year haven’t been great in terms of my tennis. That’s why I have a kind of an approach that is focused on a daily basis more trying to build the form and momentum so that I can have a better chance to reach further in the tournament.”
Djokovic has made many changes to his team in the past year, including ending the long-term partnership with coach Goran Ivanisevic.
However, the 24-time Grand Slam champion did not seem to want to attribute these changes to his recent form, “It’s various things that were happening in the last couple of months, but I don’t want to get into it. I don’t want to open Pandora’s Box and talk about things.
“What has happened, happened, and it’s in the past. It’s something that I can’t (let) affect anymore, but I can kind of learn to rectify certain things and right the certain things that are wrong and really not serving the purpose of my highest performance level. That’s what we have been working on as a team, and hopefully it will give us good results here.”
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