The Polish juggernaut feels empowered by the way she handled the clay-court season in 2023.
"The feeling is a little bitter, because I felt it was very close, a close match," Karolina Muchova said of her Roland Garros final loss.
The Pole is 27-2 lifetime on the Parisian clay. Rafa she is not, but something special she most certainly is.
"The Grand Slams are what drives me the most," says Novak Djokovic ahead of Sunday's RG final.
"If someone says that he get into the court with no nerves playing against Novak, he lies," Carlos Alcaraz said.
The 25-year-old has faced adversity before, and overcome.
The stakes are extraordinarily high ahead of Alcaraz and Djokovic's second meeting.