By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_now | Saturday, May 25, 2025
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Slamming an ace at the championship point, Novak Djokovic Joined Century Club in the stimulating style today.
Two days after celebrating his 38th birthday, Gjokovic captured his 100th career championship with a 5-7, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2) incentive over Hubert Hurkacz in the Open final. Djokovic joins the icons of friends Jimmy Connors (109) and Roger Federer (103) as the third man in the history of the open era to collect 100 titles of the career tournament.
Look for Gjokovic to keep the party pumping in Paris, says the Hall of Famier John Mine.
Continuing his attempt for a strict record 25th crown, Gjokovic faces a required draw in Roland Garros.
If the seeds are true to form, Gjokovic will have to defeat 2024 finalist and third seed Alexander Zverev In the quarter -finals, World no. Jannik Sinner 1 in the semifinals and When the 2nd followed with sampling Carlos Alcaraz To win his third title Roland Garros in the last five years.
Former world no. 1 in bachelors and doubles Mcenroe says Djokovic is the third firm’s favorite to win this 2025 French Open final after only the top sinner and the great champion four times Alcaraz.
In one Call tnt zoom With the media on Friday to promote the coverage of the network Roland Garros, Mcenroe cited four factors for Djokovic as the third favorite to win Roland Garros:
*The Serbian superstar owns a record 96-16 Roland Garros, including a series of 15 years, where he has reached the quarter-finals or better and he has the best equalization of any of the best seeds, says MCCE.
*If Gjokovic progresses in the quarter -finals he may face Zverev. Mineroe says he favors the Olympic Olympic Golden Medal Champion over the former Gold Medal Champion if that match comes out.
*Although Alcaraz is 15-1 in Clay this season, Djokovic defeated Alcaraz in their last clay clash in the gold match in Roland Garros’ Red Clay, Serbian defeated the Spaniard in their last big match in Australian Open and he is one of the two men to defeat Red Clay.
*This is the 21st appearance of the consecutive Frenchman of Djokovic and McCoe saying that you cannot bring down the ability of Grand Slam King to arouse a more magical run in Paris.
“You do not count it until the day (he) retire,” Mcecinroe told Gjokovic. “He has the best attraction of anyone to get there (quarterfinals).
“And the way Zverev – Zverev is not playing with the same belief until he reached Australia’s final this year. This (loss to sin in the AO final) really hurt him mentally – at least one of what I have seen. And he does not seem to play with the same belief.
“So I can see the possibility of (Novak) get there. And whether Zverev was there or not, I don’t think Novak would go by being very submissive.
TNT Sports, the exclusive home of direct Roland-Garros coverage in the US, said it plans to “provide the most comprehensive coverage in the history of Grand Slam Parisian”.
MCceroe, Jim Courier and Caroline Wozniacki will be one of the main network analysts with Other agass AND Venus Williams Also set to contribute to the coverage.
It all starts on Sunday, May 25, at 5 in the morning at TNT, TRUTV and Max. TNT sports will offer nearly 300 hours of programming throughout TNT and TRUTV – all of Paris origin – along with unprecedented transmission coverage to the maximum and wide original content available through Bleacher Report and House of Plewfoncles.
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New York Knickerbockers season ticket holder in New York Knickerbockers MCCERA, which was judged in Madison Square Garden on Friday evening to see his beloved Knicks fall into a 0-2 hole against Indiana Pacers, used a basketball analogy to Amplitude of Gjokovic in Paris.
“And who knows with other boys? Happy what happens if one of them (sinner or alcaraz) hurts?” Menroe said. “And I hate to see any athlete hurt you, but (Celtics star) Jayson Tatum came down you never want to see it, but it certainly made it easier for Knicks to attract game six.
“So Novak, for me, it would still be like the third favorite (to win Roland Garros).”
Mercurial McCee, who formed half of the Fame Fire & Ice rivalry Vs Iceman and the Hall Bjorn Borg Hall, suggests that the sinful rivalry-Alcaraz will continue to command the sport as long as both young superstars remain healthy.
“They will continue to prevail if they are able to stay healthy and I hope they do it, no doubt we all do,” Mcenroe said. “I thought Ben Shelton would be able to go to (fill) a void … He seems to have flattened, not enough steps forward.
“It would be good for us here if we were able to get an American male (to win a Grand Slam title), who has not happened in 20 years.
