French Open 2023 results: Novak Djokovic beats Juan Pablo Varillas at Roland Garros

Novak Djokovic reached the 55th Grand Slam men's singles quarter-final of his career, lone Roger Federer (58) has played successful more

Novak Djokovic demonstrated his superior prime to swat speech Peru's Juan Pablo Varillas and scope a grounds 17th French Open men's quarter-final.

Djokovic is besides aiming to overtake Nadal by winning a grounds 23rd Grand Slam men's singles title.

The two-time champion volition play Russian 11th effect Karen Khachanov next.

Khachanov, 27, reached his 3rd successive Grand Slam quarter-final with a 1-6 6-4 7-6 (9-7) 6-1 triumph implicit unseeded Italian Lorenzo Sonego.

Spanish apical effect Carlos Alcaraz, seen arsenic Djokovic's main rival for the rubric successful the lack of injured 14-time champion Nadal, plays Italian 17th effect Lorenzo Musetti aboriginal connected Sunday.

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Drama-free day for Djokovic

Drama tends to travel Djokovic astir astatine a Grand Slam and, aft helium risked flaming governmental tensions successful the Balkans by writing a slogan astir Kosovo astatine the commencement of Roland Garros, helium admitted helium gains other thrust from controversy.

A carnal third-round lucifer against Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina besides provided a talking point, starring to Djokovic saying afterwards helium did not person clip to speech about his "long list" of injuries.

But the straightforward quality of beating Varillas meant it was a drama-free day for the Serb.

Djokovic started edgily with a treble responsibility and faced a interruption constituent successful the opening game, redeeming that with an ace and past taking the Peruvian's service successful the adjacent connected his mode to opening up a 4-0 lead.

Varillas clawed backmost 1 of the breaks successful the 5th game, taking the accidental with a slug backhand victor connected a 2nd service from the Serb.

In windy conditions connected Court Philippe Chatrier, Djokovic continued to person issues with his shot flip and had to halt Varillas putting the acceptable backmost connected service by redeeming different interruption constituent earlier holding for 5-2.

During that crippled came the lone existent spot of theatre.

Djokovic was booed by the French fans for a alternatively innocuous motion of vexation pursuing a Varillas victor for 30-40, thriving disconnected the vigor to contradict the Peruvian and then, with a grin connected his face, cupping his receptor with his manus astatine the crowd.

Varillas had ne'er won a Grand Slam main-draw lucifer until Roland Garros, winning each of his opening 3 matches successful 5 sets

Varillas, ranked 94th successful the world, astir discontinue the athletics successful 2016 to instrumentality to assemblage full-time and the determination not to discontinue has paid dividends with his champion tally astatine a major.

He was the archetypal Peruvian antheral to scope the Roland Garros past 16 since Jaime Yzaga successful 1994, but could not lucifer his compatriot by going connected to scope a Grand Slam quarter-final.

Djokovic, who won the Coupe des Mousquetaires successful 2016 and 2021, had lone mislaid erstwhile connected the Paris clay to a subordinate ranked extracurricular the world's apical 50 - Italy's Marco Cecchinato successful the 2018 quarter-finals.

After going a interruption up aboriginal successful the 2nd set, helium was ne'er going to beryllium connected the extremity of different daze and rapidly wrapped up triumph to scope his 14th consecutive quarter-final astatine Roland Garros.

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