{"id":598908,"date":"2026-04-22T04:19:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/598908\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T04:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:19:15","slug":"ill-be-ready-for-roland-garros-tennis-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/598908\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ll Be Ready for Roland Garros \u2013 Tennis Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Richard Pagliaro | Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Photo credit: Laureus Sports Awards Facebook<\/p>\n

Tennis history stood shoulder-to-shoulder in Madrid.<\/p>\n

Grand Slam King Novak Djokovic, world No. 1 Jannik Sinner and seven-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz convened for a snap shot of tennis super powers at the Laureus World Sports Awards on Monday night.<\/p>\n

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The shoulder is in the spotlight with Roland Garros looming next month.<\/p>\n

The 24-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic, who co-hosted the Awards with Olympian Eileen Gu, withdrew from this week\u2019s Mutua Madrid Open to rest and rehab a shoulder issue.<\/p>\n

Djokovic declared \u201cI\u2019ll be ready\u201d when asked his status for next month\u2019s Roland Garros.<\/p>\n

While the former world No. 1 said he hopes to return to play Rome next month, his participation in the Eternal City depends on the state of his shoulder. Rome begins on May 6th.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope so\u201d Djokovic said of a possible Rome return \u201cI\u2019m training to play in Rome.\u00a0But I can\u2019t make a prediction now, because it depends on the evolution of the injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut for Roland-Garros, I\u2019ll be ready.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Three-time Roland Garros champion Djokovic is poised for a 22nd appearance in Paris. A year ago, Djokovic reached the Roland Garros semifinals falling to Jannik Sinner.<\/p>\n

Djokovic has reached the French Open quarterfinals or better for 16 straight years.<\/p>\n

Roland Garros represents a historic crossroads this year. Alcaraz aims to defend Roland Garros and if he does, he will be halfway to a calendar Grand Slam. Sinner, who failed to convert championship points vs. Alcaraz in the 2025 final, is playing for his maiden Roland Garros championship. Djokovic is competing for a record-extending 25 Grand Slam championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Richard Pagliaro | Tuesday, April 21, 2026Photo credit: Laureus Sports Awards Facebook Tennis history stood shoulder-to-shoulder in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-598908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}