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Novak Djokovic won the French Open successful 2016 and 2021| Dates: 28 May-11 June Venue: Roland Garros, Paris |
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Novak Djokovic successfully navigated a tricky brushwood with Alejandro Davidovich Fokina to proceed his quest for a grounds 23rd men's Grand Slam singles rubric astatine the French Open.
The animated Serb, seeded third, bushed the Spaniard 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-5) 6-2.
He volition look Polish 13th effect Hubert Hurkacz oregon Peru's Juan Pablo Varillas successful the 4th round.
Earlier, seventh effect Andrey Rublev was knocked retired aft letting gaffe a two-set pb against Lorenzo Sonego.
Italian Sonego won a five-set thriller 5-7 0-6 6-3 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 connected the Roland Garros clay.
It was a daze decision for Russia's satellite fig 7 Rublev, who has reached the quarter-finals successful his past 3 Grand Slam appearances.
World fig 48 Sonego volition play 11th effect Karen Khachanov next.
After losing the archetypal 2 sets, Sonego started playing much aggressively and pulled backmost the 3rd acceptable earlier winning a tie-break successful the 4th to unit a decider.
He broke Rublev's service to spell 5-4 up and service for the match, sealing it erstwhile the Russian volleyed into the nett connected Sonego's archetypal lucifer point.
The triumph is Sonego's archetypal against a top-10 subordinate astatine a Grand Slam, portion it is the archetypal clip Rublev has been defeated aft being 2-0 up.
Earlier connected Friday, Russia's Khachanov came done his third-round lucifer successful 4 sets, beating Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-4 6-1 3-6 7-6 (7-5).
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