5 reasons why Novak Djokovic is a contender for the French Open title

Fighting spirit has returned

With burnout comes a lack of passion – something Djokovic has always had in droves, and with that, a loss of aggression. Djokovic has always been an aggressive baseliner, and removing the ‘aggressive’ bit of that – no pun intended, has over the past months, taken quite the edge off his game.

But that edge appears to have returned. Although there have been difficult – and unexpected – battles against players ranked far lower than himself, Djokovic has battled past each point and fought to each win.

That will be key in the interim as the 30-year-old works to get his game back to the level it had been for the past few years – and that spirit is what will win him the most difficult matches. After all, he’s done it before.