Novak Djokovic admitted he as soon as felt “very frustrated” over failing a number of occasions to win the French Open but in addition believed that he was inching in the direction of reaching that objective.
By 2011, the Serb had gained each Grand Slam however the French Open – the place he had been but to even make a ultimate. Whereas he managed to achieve three finals between 2012 and 2015, he was nonetheless with out a title at Roland Garros after twice dropping to Rafael Nadal (2012 and 2014) and he additionally fell quick to Stan Wawrinka in 2015.
In 2016, that lastly modified after Djokovic defeated Andy Murray within the ultimate for his first French Open title and to finish a Profession Grand Slam.
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Djokovic remembers needing time to win the French Open
In an interview together with his sponsor HEAD Tennis, the 37-year-old stated that he completed his two childhood desires in 2011 when he gained Wimbledon and reached the world No. 1 place.
“When I achieved that, then it was what’s next? What’s the next big dream? The next big dream is let’s win as many Slams as possible. Then I wanted to complete all of the Slams, and Roland Garros was the one that I never won. To that point, I lost several finals and I was feeling very frustrated not to grab the French Open title. But each year, I felt I was stepping closer and closer to it,” the Serbian tennis star stated.
“So it happened in 2016 in front of one my childhood idols, Gustavo Guga Kuerten, who won the Roland Garros three times. Then I asked him, would I be able to kind of draw the hearts on the clay and kind of copy him and he gave me his blessing. So I did that and at that point, I held all the four slams in a row. It was a very unique moment.”
Since profitable all of it at Roland Garros for the primary time, Djokovic additionally collected the French Open titles in 2021 and 2023.
Final 12 months, Djokovic set a brand new all-time file for essentially the most Grand Slams as he has 24 Majors in his assortment and managed to beat out Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in that battle.
