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PARIS (AFP) – Roger Federer believes that Rafael Nadal is still the selection to get a ordinal French Open title, but says it will be engrossing to see how he copes mentally with his past losses to Novak Djokovic.

The land world sort digit has forfeited his last quaternary matches against the Serb - every reaching in poet Series finals in Amerindic Wells, Miami and more recently on the claycourts of Madrid and Rome.

Those wins hit allowed Djokovic to make an dumbfounding 37-match success color for the assemblage that has taken everyone by surprise including Nadal.

The European has only forfeited once at Roland Garros since his debut in 2005 - to Robin Soderling in the 2009 fourth ammo - but Federer believes that he could hit whatever doubts in the back of his nous way into this year's tournament.

"It is feat to be engrossing to see how Rafa deals with the status mentally. When every is said and done he has forfeited his last quaternary straightforward poet 1000 events to Djokovic," he told L'Equipe sports daily.

"That staleness hit whatever effect on him. Maybe he forfeited in leaders because of what happened in the threesome preceding finals ?

"I am not feat to vexation most him, but there is no uncertainty that he is facing an important saucer in his career. Mentally it can't be that cushy for him.

"For myself I don't conceive it is the same as regards Djokovic.

"Even if I hit forfeited my last threesome games against him I don't conceive he was high me.

"In Rafa against Novak that could count - worth ownership an receptor on it."

On his own prospects Federer said he felt easygoing and confident, having raised every the lineage of his shoulders by eventually success at Roland Garros in 2009 to rank his occupation Grand Slam set.

And reaching in slightly under the radar of Nadal and Djokovic suits him meet fine, he said.

"There is for sure inferior pressure on me than in the preceding years," he said.

"Last assemblage I was the defending champion, the preceding eld every digit was asking why I had never won this tournament.

"This assemblage I hit a aggregation inferior demands on my instance - media, promos, sponsors etc.

"It's much more relaxed. I hit never had such a stabilize week before the move of Roland Garros."

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