”Novak Djokovic is the best challenge you can have,” says David Goffin


”Novak Djokovic is the best challenge you can have,” says David Goffin

David Goffin

David Goffin

David Goffin, the Belgium player, is one of the best male tennis players of the country. He had his best ranking of World No.7 in the year 2017. The same year, Goffin won a match against Novak Djokovic at the Monte Carlo Masters, an ATP 1000 event.

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The 4 times ATP title-holder has recalled his best ATP Masters tournament. In the long interview, the runner-up at the 2019 Western & Southern Open has spoken at length about the Masters’ events at the ATP tour.

Goffin recalls the finest Masters tournament

David Goffin and Novak Djokovic

The World No. 14 recently spoke to ATP while at the Paris Masters 2020. Recalling his best Masters win, Goffin has named the ATP Monte Carlo in 2017 as the best masters win. While winning his first and only clash with against Novak Djokovic, Goffin sealed himself a win 6-2, 3-6, 7-5. The Belgian went to reach the semi-finals before crashing to Rafael Nadal.

“In Monte Carlo, the win against Novak Djokovic (in 2017) was a great match and had a great atmosphere on a great centre court,” Goffin said.

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“I was playing very well and I made a good result. I lost to Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals. Everything was there, so it is one of the greatest memories I have there,” he added.

“It is not easy to say, but I would say Novak in the Indian Wells final,” Goffin continued.

“It is the best challenge you can have. He won those tournaments so many times, Indian Wells and Miami. I played him in the semi-finals in Miami [in 2016]. It was a good match. If it were in the final of Indian Wells, it would be even better to have that challenge,” He further said.

End of the week and it could be Novak, Rafa and Roger: Gofin

David Goffin

The Master’s 1000 event are the second most important amongst the tournaments. Goffin has claimed that unlike other tournaments, the draw at Masters is tough from the beginning.

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“It is the best players in the world,” Goffin said. “From the first round until the end, you have a tough opponent. You have to be sharp from the start. It is very tough because you have a lot of matches, sometimes six or seven matches in a week,” Goffin added.

“It can be very tough physically, especially when you go to end of the week and it could be Novak, Rafa and Roger from Friday to Sunday. It is very tough and the toughest part is you physically and mentally have to be sharp from the start,” he further said.

Goffin has even cited that a player has to face off the likes of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer en route to the finals.

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