“I don’t know if I’ll play the quarterfinals, I’ll wait and see.” As Novak Djokovic, number one in the world and first seed, after beating the Argentine Francisco Cerundolo, number 27 in the world and 23 in the seeding, defeated with a score of 6-1, 5-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 after 4 hours and 35 minutes of play. A difficult match for the 37-year-old from Belgrade who, after dominating the first set, had suffered a problem with his right knee which required treatment from the physiotherapist. The Roland Garros quarterfinals will be played on Wednesday.
The match
The battle in 5 sets with the Argentine Cerundolo was epic. It was after winning the first set that the Serbian suffered a knee problem and therefore lost the second and third sets and went down 4-2 in the 4th. At this point, however, he shows off the champion’s pride, refuses defeat and, thanks to some gratuitous errors from his opponent, gets back into the match, winning the 4th set with a break in the 12th game and making the decisive move at 3-3 at 5. ° winning the last three games.
With this success he also avoided overtaking Jannik Sinner in first place in the ATP ranking. An overtaking that could only be postponed for a few days however because the South Tyrolean will only need to reach the final in Paris to become number 1 even if Djokovic confirms the title at Roland Garros.
