But such details are irrelevant if your mindset is not right. Outside observers often exhaust themselves debating one player’s susceptibility to kick-serves, or who will win the backhand-to-backhand battle. Zverev’s answer reveals the insight that only a professional can offer. So I think for Casper, that’s the best scenario, to be honest.” “The pressure, you know, we are all human. “You remember the US Open final he had with Medvedev after beating me in the semis?” added Zverev. Novak is one of the best players in the world, that’s for sure, but when you’re on the brink of history I think that adds a little bit of pressure. “I think it couldn’t be better, to be honest. Did it not offer Djokovic the ultimate motivation? In the interview room on Friday night, 22 nd seed Alexander Zverev was asked if the state of the grand-slam leaderboard – which shows Djokovic tied with Rafael Nadal on 22 majors – was the worst possible start for Ruud. And yet, there is one small reason for doubt. You could probably spend all afternoon vox-popping the Roland Garros faithful – a well-informed if often fractious bunch – without finding a single Djokovic sceptic. On the other, the game’s greatest champion Novak Djokovic. On one side of the net, the unheralded, understated, largely unrecognised Norwegian Casper Ruud. On the face of things, Sunday’s French Open final looks like a foregone conclusion.

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