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The warning signs are there for rest of the field as the 31-year old has already won on his favourite surface in Monte Carlo, Barcelona and last week in Rome, although he was upset by Dominic Thiem in the last eight at Madrid. A result that must give a glimmer of hope to anyone who has to face Nadal in Paris.The Austrian is a bit of an enigma on the ATP. Brilliant one moment and unbelievably poor the next, his roller-coaster like form is best illustrated by two recent tournaments. In Barcelona he crashed out in the quarter-final to the unheralded Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece, yet two weeks later in Madrid he got all the way to the final, inflicting a famous defeat on Nadal along the way.
Long touted as one of the future stars of world tennis, the number eight ranked Thiem has all the attributes to reach the top but often flatters to deceive when the pressure is on. A semi-finalist in the last two years in Paris, clay is his favourite surface and definitely presents his best chance of success. If he can find a solution to his mental woes then a first grand slam is certainly not out of the question.
Alexander Zverev
The most likely of the current crop of ATP youngsters to establish himself at the top of the men’s game, Zverev captured five ATP titles last year and already has two to his name this year. His recent bid to claim a third successive title was only ended last week by Nadal in a tight final in Rome. One concern is that his record in grand slams to date is poor (with a fourth-round appearance last year at Wimbledon his best performance to date), but Zverev arrives in Paris in great form and with a game well-suited to clay, there will never be a better time for the 21-year German to make the step up and win his first grand slam.The three-time champion has not played competitive tennis since suffering a first-round defeat to Naomi Osaka in Miami, having also been knocked out early of the Indian Wells Masters on her return from giving birth.
Williams' coach Patrick Mouratoglou acknowledged last week that the 23-time Grand Slam champion made her comeback too soon, but insisted she is heading to Paris to win.
And the 36-year-old was on Court Philippe Chatrier on Monday, having also practiced on the red dirt a day earlier.Williams, who travelled to Paris after attending the wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle in London on Saturday, opted not to play at the Madrid Open or the Internazionali d'Italia in the buildup to the second major of the season, instead training at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy.2018 has been a miserable year so far for Novak Djokovic as the former world number has suffered a number of disappointing losses as he attempts to come back from a serious elbow injury. The 12-time grand slam winner has looked a shadow of his former self in losses to the likes of Martin Klizan, Benoit Paire and Taro Daniel, but has recently shown signs of turning things around. There were extremely encouraging signs last week in Rome, where Djokovic eventually lost out to Nadal in the semi-final after the kind of trademark brutal battle that was commonplace one or two years ago. If Djokovic can carry hie Rome form into Paris then he could go far.
