Djokovic comes again towards Musetti and qualifies for the spherical of 16 at Roland Garros

Paris. Novak Djokovic, world #1 and present Roland Garros champion, survived this Saturday late at evening the momentum of the Italian Lorenzo Musetti (N.30) to beat him 7-5, 6-7 (6/8), 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 and qualify for the spherical of 16.

In an evening session that began two hours late because of the rescheduling of a match on courtroom Philippe Chatrier as a consequence of rain, the person of the 24 Grand Slams was compelled to present his finest to keep away from what would have been its worst outcome on this event since 2009, after 4 and a half hours of play.

Djokovic bit first, scoring the primary set, however Musetti managed to get again into the match after a decent tie-break within the second set and knocked out the Serbian onerous within the third.

Nonetheless, within the fourth set the Italian misplaced his serve as much as thrice, giving ‘Nole’ air and sending the match to a definitive fifth set, by which the Serbian confirmed his most devastating model, with out giving up a single recreation. , and shutting the sport when it was already previous three within the morning (native time).

Musetti was on the verge of repeating the feat within the third spherical of the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 in 2023, by which he beat the Serbian.

Each tennis gamers additionally had a historical past on the Parisian clay courtroom, within the spherical of 16 in 2021, a match by which Musetti led by 2 units to 0 however by which he needed to retire within the fifth as a consequence of harm, after ‘ Djoko’ would have equalized.

Within the subsequent spherical, Djokovic will face the Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo (N.27), who eradicated the American Tommy Paul (N.12) hours earlier than.

In flip, the Argentine Tomás Martín Etcheverry, quantity 29 on the planet, was eradicated after dropping 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 and 6-2 towards the Norwegian Casper Ruud (N.7), finalist the final two editions and who will search a ticket to the quarterfinals towards the American Taylor Fritz (N.12), who in flip beat the Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis.

In males’s doubles, the Mexican Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela and his associate Narayanaswamy Sriram Balaji, from India, superior to the third spherical by defeating the Frenchmen Dan Added and Theo Arribage 6-4, 3-6 and 6-2 .