{"id":123215,"date":"2025-05-22T18:35:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T18:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/123215\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T18:35:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T18:35:09","slug":"novak-djokovic-finally-handed-good-news-as-roland-garros-draw-is-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/123215\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic finally handed good news as Roland Garros draw is made"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Novak Djokovic is set to compete for a record 25th Grand Slam title when he enters the French Open.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Serbian has mentioned on numerous occasions that he aims to peak in time for majors, the four biggest and most prestigious events in tennis.<\/p>\n

Novak Djokovic<\/a> reached the semi-finals in Paris a year ago but he was forced to withdraw due to a knee injury<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now the 37-year-old is set to go for glory at the French Open<\/a> once again, and despite his recent form, you can never count him out.<\/p>\n

\"FrenchPhoto by Tim Clayton\/Corbis via Getty ImagesWhat is Novak Djokovic\u2019s French Open draw?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Djokovic is set to compete at the French Open<\/a> for the 21st time in his illustrious career.<\/p>\n

The draw has now been revealed and the World number six will commence his campaign against America\u2019s Mackenzie McDonald.<\/p>\n

Should Djokovic reach the second round, he will take on either a qualifier or home favourite Corentin Moutet.<\/p>\n

Yunchaokete Bu or Canada\u2019s Denis Shapovalov<\/a> could be waiting for Djokovic in round three, before some more tricky opponents lie ahead in the next round.<\/p>\n

Either Daniil Medvedev<\/a> or Stan Wawrinka<\/a>, who defeated Djokovic in the 2015 French Open final, could face the former World number one in the fourth round.<\/p>\n

Should Djokovic return to the quarter-finals, he could face a rematch with Francisco Cerundolo<\/a> who he defeated in five sets in the last eight a year ago. Another opponent Djokovic could have in the quarter-finals is Alexander Zverev<\/a>, who reached the finals in 2024.<\/p>\n

Djokovic could then advance to the semi-finals where Jannik Sinner<\/a> could be across the net, or Britain\u2019s Jack Draper<\/a>, who is having the best season of his career. Should Djokovic advance to his ninth French Open final, defending champion Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> could be his likely opponent.<\/p>\n

\"TENNIS-ATP-SUI\"Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI\/AFP via Getty ImagesNovak Djokovic aims to enter French Open with victory in Geneva<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a bid to increase his match sharpness ahead of Roland Garros, Djokovic is competing at this week\u2019s Geneva Open.<\/p>\n

He has played just three matches on clay since the 2024 Olympics after opening round defeats in Monte Carlo and Madrid.<\/p>\n

But Djokovic has made an impressive start to his Geneva<\/a> campaign after recording a 6-2, 6-3 victory over M\u00e1rton Fucsovics.<\/p>\n

He will have a chance at revenge when he takes on Matteo Arnaldi, who defeated Djokovic in straight sets in Madrid<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic is set to compete for a record 25th Grand Slam title when he enters the French…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[5066,4295,79,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-123215","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-french-open","9":"tag-novak-djokovic","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114552932014856927","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}