Tennis: Djokovic seeking energy in Monte Carlo

MONTE CARLO: World number one tennis player Novak Djokovic hopes momentum is still with him as he launches his clay court season at the Monte Carlo Masters where champion Spaniard Rafael Nadal is aiming for an eighth consecutive title. The Serb is chasing Nadal’s French Open crown after winning the last three major events. Djokovic has beaten Nadal in their last seven meetings, including the Madrid and Rome Masters finals in what were the Spaniard’s only two defeats on clay in 2011. “The momentum turned but in the last couple of years it was Nadal and Federer who were coming out on top,” Djokovic told a news conference on Sunday. “This is something that happens on this level, the momentum changes. Nadal is the ultimate challenge on clay and is the king of clay.”

Published in The Express Tribune, April 17^th, 2012.