(Provided by Tennis World USA)
Stefanos Tsitsipas suggests Novak Djokovic has figured out a perfect formula of how to play just well enough to make it past the opening couple of rounds at a Grand Slam tournament. At this year’s French Open, there have been several upsets in the first couple of rounds.
In the men’s event, five top-10 players exited the tournament through the first three rounds. Four top-10 WTA players also bowed out of the women’s event through the first three rounds. But when it comes to fifth-ranked Tsitsipas – so far so good for the Greek – who saw off Diego Schwartzman 6-2 6-2 6-3 to reach the French Open round-of-16.
Tsitsipas looking at a Djokovic Grand Slam example
“You know, upsets, it’s a thing. It’s happening to everyone. It has happened to most of us on early rounds and we learn through that how to avoid them and how to kind of build a safe net where we can start a little bit more kind of add in terms of risk in our game later on.
Something that has, I feel like Novak Djokovic has been doing very well in terms of his Grand Slam appearances. He has been starting Grand Slams, I wouldn’t say playing incredible tennis, but just enough to get him through in the…
