{"id":57246,"date":"2014-04-03T10:02:01","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T08:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/?p=57246"},"modified":"2014-04-01T20:58:52","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T18:58:52","slug":"2014-clay-season-preview-monte-carlo-madrid-rome-roland-garros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/2014-clay-season-preview-monte-carlo-madrid-rome-roland-garros\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 clay season preview: Monte Carlo, Madrid, Rome, Roland Garros"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Monte<\/p>\n

After winning the first two Masters 1000 events in 2014, Novak comes back to Europe full of confidence ahead of the clay season.<\/p>\n

The world no.2 will first compete at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters<\/a> (April 13-20). Last year, Novak won his first trophy in Monte Carlo, ending Rafael Nadal`s eight-year reign with a 6-2, 7-6 (1) victory in the final. He will defend title and 1,000 points.<\/p>\n

The Mutua Madrid Open<\/a> will be played from May 4-11. Djokovic has only 10 points to defend. He lost to Grigor Dimitrov in his opening match last year 6-7 (6), 7-6 (8), 3-6.<\/p>\n

Novak`s last event ahead of the second Grand Slam tournament of the season will be the Rome Masters (May 11-18). The 26-year-old Belgrade native lost to Tomas Berdych (6-2, 5-7, 4-6) in quarter-finals of the Internazionali BNL d`Italia<\/a>, so he will defend 180 points.<\/p>\n

The only Major event that Novak still hasn`t won, the Roland Garros<\/a>, will take place in Paris from May 25-June 8. Last year, Nole fell after great fight to eventual champion Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals (720 pts). The match lasted four hours and 37 minutes.<\/p>\n

Novak defends 1,920 points, while the reigning no.1 Nadal has 5,100 points to defend during the clay season (final in Monte Carlo and titles in Barcelona, Madrid, Rome and Paris).<\/p>\n

Photo: Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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