Thiem: “Djokovic is the favorite, but he won’t have an easy road” – Tennis

“He has a great opportunity to win the Golden Slam (to win the big four and the Olympic gold) and he probably won’t have another good chance to get it,” the winner of seventeen ATP titles explained in an interview with Agencia Efe.

In his opinion, although the number one in the world has many ballots to win the final victory, “there are differences with respect to the grands slam, being the best three sets”.

“For me there are some players who can win the best of three sets,” added Thiem, who insisted that whoever wants to hang the gold medal “will have to fight it every day and will not have an easy path.”

The Serbian, the main attraction of the tournament after the absences of Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer, debuted in Tokyo with a comfortable victory against Bolivian Hugo Dellien and in the second round he got rid of German Jan-Lennard Struff. In the second round he will face the Spanish Alejandro Davidovich.