By Matt Hardy
Novak Djokovic last night reached the quarter-finals of the French Open, but was pushed all the way in a five-set thriller by Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina.
The Serbian looked well on his way after he picked up the first set by six games to one but the next two sets went 7-5 6-3 in favour of his opponent.
Djokovic drew level at 2-2- in the fourth set, winning 7-5, before taking the final set 6-3.
Cerundolo got the Roland Garros crowd on their feet as it looked like the French capital would see a major upset, but Djokovic showed his tenacity and was able to hold on and reach the last eight.
It was Djokovic’s 370th win at a Grand Slam and a record 59th slam quarter-final – 18 of those have come at Roland Garros.
Elsewhere today fifth seed Daniil Medvedev was dismantled in four sets by Australian Alex de Minaur while there were straight sets wins for Elena Rybakina against Elina Svitolina, Aryna Sabalenka over Emma
Navarro and Mirra Andreeva against Varvara Gracheva.
Tomorrow’s schedule includes a brilliant tie between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Carlos Alcaraz while Grigor Dimitrov faces Jannik Sinner, Coco Gauff takes on Ons Jabeur and No1 seed and defending champion Iga Swiatek faces 2023 Wimbledon winner Marketa Vondrousova.
