- Defending champion recovers from two sets down to triumph
- Alex de Minaur continues French Open surge to reach last eight
As yet another unforced error from Novak Djokovic forced him down a break in the fourth set of his tense, gripping tussle with Francisco Cerúndolo, the world No 1 stared down the very real prospect of his earliest defeat at Roland Garros in 15 years. He was limping, struggling and unforced errors streamed from his racket from all areas of the court as his Argentine opponent seemed to laser forehand winners at will.
But nobody knows how to navigate his way out of a grim deficit and to victory like Djokovic. Despite trailing by two sets to one in consecutive rounds, Djokovic found a way through, defeating Cerúndolo 6-1, 5-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 to return to the quarter-finals of the French Open.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jun/03/djokovic-pushed-to-edge-by-cerundolo-but-fights-back-to-reach-quarter-finals
Author : Tumaini Carayol at Roland-Garros
Publish date : 2024-06-03 19:59:14
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