The 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic performed even better at the French Open 2024 --Roland Garros -- in the fourth-round clash, keeping his dreams of remaining World No. 1 alive. Published: June 4, 2024 9:29 AM IST By The 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic performed even better at the French Open 2024 –Roland Garros — in the fourth-round clash, keeping his dreams of remaining World No.
1 alive. The Serbian appeared to be out of the match against Francisco Cerundolo after trailing by two sets and a break, but he rallied to win 6-1, 5-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3. The 37-year-old defeated Lorenzo Musetti in five sets in the third round, which ended at 3:07 a.
m. on Sunday morning. The Serbian followed up his amazing triumph with another epic effort against Cerundolo, winning back-to-back five-set matches for the first time since reaching the final at Roland Garros in 2012.
“Again a big, big, big thank you because once again like the last match, the win is your win,” Djokovic told the crowd in his on-court interview as quoted by ATP. Despite the late finish against Musetti, Djokovic appeared fresh in the first set against Cerundolo in the pair’s maiden ATP Head2Head match. However, the top seed strained his knee at the start of the second set, limiting his movement in the second and third sets, and the Serbian appeared to be on his way out when he trailed 2-4 in the fourth.
“I started feeling the pain [in set two] and asked for the physio treatment and the medi.