French Open 2023 results: Novak Djokovic beats Karen Khachanov to reach semi-finals

Novak Djokovic reached his 45th Grand Slam semi-final and his 12th astatine Roland Garros with triumph implicit Karen Khachanov

Novak Djokovic survived a quarter-final scare from Karen Khachanov to support his bid for a grounds 23rd men's Grand Slam singles rubric live astatine the French Open.

He could go the archetypal antheral to triumph each 4 majors astatine slightest 3 times.

Djokovic's triumph sets up a imaginable semi-final with satellite fig 1 Carlos Alcaraz, who faces Stefanos Tsitsipas successful Tuesday's nighttime league (19:15 BST).

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The Serb had not dropped a acceptable each tourney connected the Paris clay but Khachanov provided the trial helium arguably needed to hole him for either Alcaraz oregon Tsitsipas successful the past four.

Having faced 7 interruption points - redeeming six of them - successful losing the opening set, Djokovic tightened up his work crippled for the bulk of the lucifer thereon.

And portion the 36-year-old was kept connected tribunal for 3 hours and 43 minutes, the result ne'er truly looked successful uncertainty erstwhile helium comprehensively won the second-set tie-break.

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