French Open done and dusted, Djokovic on track for calendar Slam
Novak Djokovic has a real shot at becoming the first man in more than 50 years to win all four Grand Slam titles in a calendar year after the Serb added the French Open to his Australian Open title on Sunday, seven-times major winner Mats Wilander said.
The claycourt Grand Slam has been the most difficult major for Djokovic to win, Sunday’s victory only his second at Roland Garros, and he heads to Wimbledon next where he is the two-time defending champion.
The 34-year-old world No.1 is a force to be reckoned with on hardcourts too, having won a record nine titles in Melbourne and three U.S. Open trophies, making him a favourite to win at Flushing Meadows in September.
Djokovic agreed it was possible he could match the achievement of Rod Laver, the last man to win all four singles titles in 1969, and that he could even complete a ‘Golden Slam’ by adding the Olympic title at the Tokyo Games.
“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 U.S. Open because of what he does on hardcourts,” Eurosport pundit Wilander said.
“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.”
