Brad Gilbert unsure Novak Djokovic will dominate clay even with Rafael Nadal injury after 'mentally taxing' year

Brad Gilbert believes the last few months will have been “mentally taxing” for Novak Djokovic and is unsure whether he will dominate the clay season. Djokovic, 34, has played just three matches this year after being denied entry into Australia and the United States as he is unvaccinated against Covid-19. Ad/> The only event he has played was in Dubai, where he won two matches before losing to qualifier Jiri Vesely.

WTA Miami'I try to think there is no limit' — Swiatek beats Gauff for 14th straight win18 MINUTES AGO He will return to action at the Monte-Carlo Masters next month and is expected to play several clay events before the French Open. However, Gilbert, who coached Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick and Andy Murray, is not sure how he will fare due to the lack of match practice. «Before any of this with Covid happened, I thought that Djokovic would be unstoppable around this time.

[But now], it's all just a mystery with him,» Gilbert told Patrick McEnroe on the Holding Court Podcast. Medvedev beats Martinez to keep world No.1 hopes alive How doubles is helping unlock Kyrgios' potential Wilander: Djokovic favourite for French Open «I just think that when you get so much equity by winning matches — which he had tons of — and all of a sudden you're not playing and all this thing that happened with Covid, I think it's been mentally taxing. »Now, it's kind of forgotten, but the guy has been there the whole time is all of a sudden gone.