Novak Djokovic came from behind on Monday at Roland Garros for the second straight match as he won a five-set thriller over the Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo to advance to the French Open quarterfinals. Djokovic won the first set in dominant 6-1 fashion before losing sets two and three, but was able to hang on for a victory, winning the final two sets 7-5 and 6-3. It wasn't easy for the tournament's No.
1 seed, though, who's been batting a knee injury for a couple weeks. Djokovic took a medical timeout in the second set of Monday's game, and said after the match that he considered retiring from the match altogether. Djokovic's trainer gave him a maximum dose of medicine, which Djokovic said kicked in towards the end of the fourth set, and helped propel him towards victory.
"(That's) when things started to really improve for me," Djokovic . "I started to feel less limitations in my movement. Basically the whole fifth set was almost without any pain, which is great, you know.
" Djokovic was able to hang in there, and ended up winning his record 370th career Grand Slam match, passing Roger Federer for the most all-time. He now has a quarterfinal matchup against the No. 7-seeded Casper Ruud scheduled for Wednesday, but said after Monday's match that he doesn't yet know if he'll be able to play.
"I don't know until (Tuesday) if I can step out and play," Djokovic . "I hope so. .
.. Let's see what happens.
" Djokovic said the initial scans on his knee are good, but he still has some .