Djokovic favourite for French title, says Laver


Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - June 3, 2019. Serbia's Novak Djokovic in action during his fourth round match against Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

PARIS (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic is the favourite to win the French Open and become the second man ever to hold all four Grand Slam titles simultaneously on two separate occasions, according to Rod Laver, the man he is trying to match.

Laver achieved the feat in 1962 and 1969 with perfect calendar-year Grand Slams that no male player has achieved since, although Djokovic held all four, spanning consecutive years, when he claimed his first French Open title in 2016.

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