For the historic 23rd title, Djokovic against the experienced Rude

In front of his challenge 23rd title he is located Novak Djokovicwho will face today (Sunday 11/6 – 15:30) the Casper Rudd in the Roland Garros final.

The experienced Serbian tennis player claims the formidable record of 23 majors, to leave behind Rafa Nadal on the relevant list. If he succeeds, he will become the first tennis player to win every Grand Slam at least three times.

“I hope to be at my best on Sunday. All I can say now is that I am focused. I’m very happy to be able to make history in the sport, but I’m just thinking about the next game” said the great champion after his semi-final victory over Alkarath.

His run to the final at this year’s Paris Open was storming, beating Kovacevic (6-3, 6-2, 7-6(1)), Fuchskovic (7-6(2), 6-0, 6 -3), Navidovich Fokina (7-6(4), 7-6(5), 6-2), Variyas (6-3, 6-2, 6-2), Katsanov (4-6, 7-6 (0), 6-2, 6-4) and Alkarath (3-6, 7-5, 1-6, 1-6).

Casper Rudd reached the final to stop him, after a sensational run. The 24-year-old now has … finals experience, having appeared in three of the last five Grand Slam finals.

Last year in France he was defeated (6-3, 6-3, 6-0) by Rafa Nadal and at the US Open by Carlos Alcarath (6-4, 2-6, 7-6(1), 6-3).

To reach back to back finals in Paris, he overcame Imer (6-4, 6-3, 6-2), Zepieri (3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 5-7), Zhang ( 6-4, 4-6, 1-6, 4-6), Yari (7-6(3), 7-5, 7-5), Rooney (6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 6 -3) and Zverev (6-3, 6-4, 6-0).

Prehistory

In Novak Djokovic’s matches with Casper Rudd so far, the Serb has completely dominated.

The two have fought four times and Nole is 4/4. One detail is that all four games have been played in Italy.

In 2020 they met for the first time at the Rome Masters (7-5, 6-3) followed by the ATP Finals (7-6(4), 6-2) in 2021.

In 2022 they met twice, the first again in the semi-finals of Rome (6-4, 6-3) and the second in the final of the finals (7-5, 6-3).