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‘Novak Djokovic looks scary good right now,’ says former world number one


Mats Wilander says Novak Djokovic looks ‘scary good’ right now after he won a 19th career major at the French Open.

Djokovic rallied from two sets down to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in Sunday’s final to add to the Australian Open title he won earlier this year.

That leaves him halfway to a clean sweep of the majors this year, and Eurosport expert Wilander believes you’d be crazy to bet against him right now.

“We are now heading into the season where we would have to put Novak as the favourite to win Wimbledon most probably, favourite at the US Open because of what he does on hard courts.

“So yes, it’s on and the way he looks – he looks young, he looks so fresh at the end, he looks scary good and motivated.

“It’s not what he tells himself in the mind when he is two sets to love down, is he able to completely forget what the score is and is it just about he spent two hours with his opponent and now knows exactly what he needs to do?

“He pulls off the right shots at the right time. He looks fresher and fresher as the match going on.

“He’s so clever, he’s strong and he’s so calm these days. He looks unbeatable in the third, fourth and fifth.”


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Michael Graham, Tennishead.net Editor, has been a professional sports journalist for his whole career and is especially passionate about tennis. He's been the Editor of Tennishead.net for over 5 years and loves watching live tennis by visiting as many tournaments as possible. Michael specialises in writing in-depth features about the ATP & WTA tours.