Second seed Novak Djokovic was a set away from losing his Roland Garros crown, but finished with a flourish against an inspired Diego Schwartzman on Friday to reach the fourth round with a 5-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 victory in three hours and 18 minutes. “Sometimes you need to be challenged in order for certain things to surface, which maybe are not surfacing if you're winning comfortably. That's going to happen more as I go deeper in the tournament because the matches and opponents are going to get tougher,” said Djokovic. “I didn't play too many five-setters the past couple of years. I see a lot of good things in it. I think it will put me in a good...
Second seed Novak Djokovic was a set away from losing his Roland Garros crown, but finished with a flourish against an inspired Diego Schwartzman on Friday to reach the fourth round with a 5-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 victory in three hours and 18 minutes. Djokovic improves his FedEx ATP Head2Head record against Schwartzman to 2-0. He picked up his 58th match win (58-11) at Roland Garros, tieing Guillermo Vilas for third on the all-time list at this event. Making his 13th consecutive appearance at Roland Garros, Djokovic has not lost before the quarter-finals since 2009. He is bidding to become the first man in the Open Era – and only the third man in history – to win each...
Watch highlights of defending champion Novak Djokovic versus Joao Sousa on Wednesday at Roland Garros. Video courtesy Roland Garros. Photo: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour