Novak Djokovic has confirmed he is \u201cdealing with some health issues\u201d as he admitted he had \u201clower\u201d expectations for his Monte Carlo Masters campaign.<\/p>\n
World No 5 Djokovic<\/a> is the third seed at the Masters 1000 event and is looking for a third title at the tournament, having previously triumphed in 2013 and 2015.<\/p>\n The Serbian is also looking for his 100th ATP title, having just missed out at the Miami Open.<\/p>\n Djokovic did not drop a set on his way to the final in Miami, though he was then beaten 7-6(4), 7-6(4) by 19-year-old Jakub Mensik<\/a> in the championship match.<\/p>\n The 24-time Grand Slam champion is among the favourites for the title in Monte Carlo, and was a semi-finalist at the event twelve months ago.<\/p>\n However, speaking ahead of the tournament, the 37-year-old has cast some doubt over his hopes of a 100th career title, and 41st Masters 1000 title.<\/p>\n Speaking to\u00a0SportKlub<\/em><\/a>, the Serbian confirmed that he was still suffering from the effects of an eye infection in the build-up to his campaign.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel great here,\u201d said Djokovic.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been based in Monte Carlo for 15 years and I know this club well, I\u2019ve trained on these grounds for so many years.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen it comes to this tournament, I have a special motivation, and I want to go as far as possible.<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, my expectations are lower compared to other tournaments because I didn\u2019t have enough time to prepare for clay and this tournament. I\u2019m still dealing with some health issues from Miami.<\/p>\n 2025 Monte Carlo draw \u2013 Novak Djokovic may face Stan Wawrinka in opening match, as Nadal-slayer looms for Carlos Alcaraz<\/a><\/p>\n The 5 men with the most Monte Carlo Masters appearances: Novak Djokovic set to surpass Rafael Nadal<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m trying to get the most out of these days, from the preparations and training and to manage to play more than one match, I hope.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m taking it day by day, I\u2019m the type of player who plays better as time goes on and as I play more tournaments on this surface which is quite demanding and different.\u201d<\/p>\n Djokovic appeared in good spirits on site on Sunday, with the world No 5 spotted practicing with world No 3 and Monte Carlo second seed Carlos Alcaraz, who he could meet in the final.<\/p>\n Like all of the top eight seeds, Djokovic has the advantage of an opening-round bye at the tournament, which could aid his chances of a successful run.<\/p>\n The 37-year-old is set to face the winner of Alejandro Tabilo and Stan Wawrinka\u2019s round-one match in his opener, with both of his potential opponents struggling for form in 2025.<\/p>\n Djokovic is then projected to face 15th seed Grigor Dimitrov in the third round, before an expected quarter-final against eighth seed Alex de Minaur.<\/p>\n Read Next<\/strong>:\u00a0Revealed: Novak Djokovic\u2019s projected path to 100th career title at Monte Carlo Masters<\/a><\/p>\n The post Novak Djokovic admits \u2018expectations are lower\u2019 ahead of Monte Carlo campaign<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Novak Djokovic has confirmed he is \u201cdealing with some health issues\u201d as he admitted he had \u201clower\u201d expectations for his Monte Carlo Masters campaign. World No 5 Djokovic is the third seed at the Masters 1000 event and is looking for a third title at the tournament, having previously triumphed in 2013 and 2015. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Monte Carlo Masters News<\/h2>\n