Prime seed Novak Djokovic received second five-set thriller in Paris. The defending champion edged previous twenty third seed Francisco Cerundolo recording a 6-1, 5-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 victory to advance into the Roland Garros quarter-finals on Monday.
The basic between the Serbian and Argentine tennis gamers lasted 4 hours and 39 minutes.
Nole as soon as once more confirmed unbelievable resistance to earn a dramatic win.
The world no.1 seemed contemporary through the opening levels of the match, however he tweaked his knee at the beginning of the second set and the difficulty impaired his motion within the second and third units. Nevertheless, he dug deep and refused to give up, thrilling the group on Court docket Philippe-Chatrier. Djokovic discovered his finest degree within the fifth set by which we noticed spactacular factors.
“Three or 4 instances I used to be factors away from shedding this match,” stated Novak. “He deserves applause, that’s for certain. I’m undecided how I received this match.”
Match statistics: aces (6-3), double faults (2-2), winners (52-68), unforced errors (46-44), whole factors received (171-158).
This 370th main win moved Djokovic to first place for probably the most victories at Grand Slam degree.
In his fifteenth consecutive French Open quarters, Novak will play Casper Ruud (NOR, 7).
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