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Murray lost to Fabio Fognini earlier this week in the second
round of the Italian Open, while Wawrinka became the latest
high-profile casualty at the event after suffering a straight
sets defeat to American John Isner on Thursday.
Djokovic is wary of the threat Wawrinka poses at Roland Garros
having lost to the Swiss in the final two years ago. He also
expects Briton Murray to be ready despite five victories from
his last 10 matches.
"Some top players come out and play their best when it's most
needed, which is grand slams," Djokovic told reporters.
"I wouldn't be surprised to see Wawrinka or Murray playing at a
really high level in Paris, because I guess they are aiming to
do that."
"And it's best of five and played every second day, which allows
you to have more time to rest and recover, whereas in these
tournaments...you play day after day after day, and it's very
intense for the body and for the mind and so forth."
The Serb has recently picked up his form after conceding his
number one ranking to Murray at the end of last season.
He defeated Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4 6-4 to book his place in
the quarter-finals at Rome for the 11th consecutive year, where
he will face Juan Martin del Potro later on Friday.
(Reporting by Hardik Vyas in Bengaluru; Editing by Amlan
Chakraborty)
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