High seed Novak Djokovic gained 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 traditional between the Serbian and Argentine tennis gamers lasted 4 hours and 39 minutes.
Nole as soon as once more confirmed unimaginable resistance to earn a dramatic win.
The world no.1 appeared contemporary in the course of the opening phases of the match, however he tweaked his knee in the beginning of the second set and the difficulty impaired his motion within the second and third units. Nonetheless, he dug deep and refused to give up, thrilling the group on Court docket Philippe-Chatrier. Djokovic discovered his greatest stage within the fifth set during which we noticed spactacular factors.
“Three or 4 occasions I used to be factors away from shedding this match,” stated Novak. “He deserves applause, that’s for certain. I’m unsure how I gained this match.”
Match statistics: aces (6-3), double faults (2-2), winners (52-68), unforced errors (46-44), whole factors gained (171-158).
This 370th main win moved Djokovic to first place for essentially the most victories at Grand Slam stage.
In his fifteenth consecutive French Open quarters, Novak will play Casper Ruud (NOR, 7).
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