Djokovic comes through another French Open epic

Defending champion Novak Djokovic showed his ultimate powers of betterment erstwhile again to travel done a five-set marathon against Francisco Cerundolo and scope nan French Open quarter-finals.

Serbia’s Djokovic, 37, looked hampered by wounded earlier winning 6-1 5-7 3-6 7-5 6-3 against Argentine 23rd seed Cerundolo.

For nan 2nd clip successful 3 days, nan 24-time awesome champion fought backmost from a two-sets-to-one deficit.

The fourth-round lucifer pinch Cerundolo started astir 4pm section clip connected Monday, small complete 36 hours aft his erstwhile title against Lorenzo Musetti vanished astatine 3:07am connected Sunday morning.

But Djokovic still had nan intelligence and beingness resilience to triumph different gruelling brushwood lasting 4 hours and 39 minutes.

The apical seed collapsed retired into a beaming grin erstwhile he sealed victory, pointing to his thorax and past to nan tribunal successful celebration.

"Three aliases 4 times I was points distant from losing this lucifer and convey you to my opponent," said Djokovic.

"He deserves truthful overmuch applause that's for sure. I'm not judge really I won this match."

It was Djokovic's 370th triumph astatine a Grand Slam tournament, putting him clear of his awesome rival Roger Federer.

Djokovic will look nan victor of Norwegian seventh seed Casper Ruud, who nan Serb hit successful past year’s final, and American 12th seed Taylor Fritz.