Novak Djokovic superior to the fourth spherical on the French Open 2023 with a hard-fought win towards Davidovich Fokina at Philipe Chartier on Friday, June 2. The legendary Serbian took swift revenge after his surprising loss towards Spaniard within the final assembly at Monte Carlos in 2022. Djokovic has now reached the second week in his final 21 Grand Slams, a streak that began on the 2017 French Open.
Djokovic, seeded no.3, registered one other straight win to attain the second week at a Grand Slam for the sixtieth time in his profession, together with a straight 14th time at Roland-Garros. But the world no. 34 Fokina, impressed by his final assembly towards the Serbian, put in an admirable combat. Djokovic had to sweat it out within the first two units by 7-6 however proved his dominance within the third set to register a win by 7-6, 7-6, 6-2.
Djokovic reaches the second week at Roland Garros for the 18th time, three greater than Australian Open and two greater than Wimbledon and French Open to make it sixtieth second week from 70 majors he has performed in. With 69 second weeks, solely Roger Federer has reached the fourth spherical at Grand Slam greater than Djokovic. The lacking legend Rafael Nadal is third on this listing with 54 second weeks at Grand Slam tournaments.
Coming again to the courtroom, the world no.7 Andrey Rublev suffered a shock exit after a 5-7, 3-6, 5-7, 6-1, 4-6 defeat towards Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego. The top-ranked English star Cameron Norrie misplaced towards Lorenzo Musseti by 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 within the first top-clash recreation at Roland-Garros this 12 months.
Fans additionally witnessed an enormous upset within the girls’s single occasion on Friday because the world no.3 American star Jessica Pegula was knocked out by Belgian star Elise Mertens in a straight 6-1, 6-3Â defeat. Pegula has reached the final eight in 4 of her final 5 Grand Slam tournaments, together with the final 12 months’s Roland-Garros, so, immediately’s loss got here as a surprising upset for the followers.
