Former Croatian tennis player Goran Ivanisevic, one of the coaches of Serbian Novak Djokovic, current world number one, admitted that he exaggerated “a bit” when he announced that the Spanish Rafael Nadal had no “chances of winning Roland Garros” in the final of the last Sunday, in which he finally raised the trophy for the 13th. once and without complications.
“I exaggerated a bit when I said that Nadal had no chance of winning Roland Garros. I have the right to express what I feel and really considered that this was the great opportunity for Djokovic to win in Paris,” explained the 49-year-old Croat, who in his time as a tennis player he conquered Wimbledon in 2001 and reached the second place in the world ranking in 1994.
The Balkan failed in his prediction of the final that Nadal comfortably beat Djokovic 6-0, 6-2 and 7-5 in two hours and 42 minutes, to stretch his title record and also reach the 100-win mark in the French Grand Slam, where he barely lost twice.
“It would have been easier to say that the best man wins or whatever happens, but I’m not like that. Nadal showed that my opinion was not correct, he made a perfect match and Djokovic was not at his level,” concluded the Croatian. , in statements reported by the DPA news agency.
The best of the final Nadal-Djokovic
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