Djoko ‘on good route’ to peak at French Open

Serbian Novak Djokovic during a practice session in Rome yesterday. Pic/Getty Images

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic said he believes he will be in top form for the French Open and hopes to prove that at the Italian Open which started on Wednesday.
The Serbian told a press conference in Rome on Wednesday that his focus is on Paris, Wimbledon and the Olympic Games and he had strategic reasons for skipping the recent Madrid event.

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"It was not part of the schedule. The plan was to come here. That's basically it," said Djokovic at a press conference at the Italian Open.

Djokovic, who turns 37 on May 22, just before the French Open gets underway on May 26, said he hoped to perform better than he did in his last tournament, the Monte Carlo Masters, where he lost to Casper Ruud in the semi-finals.

"I'm on a good route to peak at Roland Garros in Paris. Hopefully, here in Rome I can play better than I did in Monte Carlo. The wish, obviously, is always to go far, but let's see," he said.

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