Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic passed Roland Garros smoothly into the round of 16. The reigning champion lost in the third round to Slovenian Alja Bedene 6:3, 6:3, 6:2 and continued on the Paris clay without dropping the set. Another favourite, Spaniard Rafael Nadal, was in good shape, the thirteen-time champion eliminating Botice van de Zandschulpa of the Netherlands 6:3, 6:2, 6:4.
The two old rivals could compete in Paris in the quarter-finals.
Djokovic, 35, advanced to Roland Garros in the last 16 for the thirteenth year in a row. To advance to the quarter-finals, the world number one will face Diego Schwartzman, who eliminated Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov in three sets. Djokovic had a 6-0 balance with the Argentine tennis player, but in 2017 Roland Garros fought him in the 3rd round to advance in five sets.
“It’s impossible to play perfect, but it’s necessary to try to get closer to him,” said Djokovic, who is looking to match Nadal’s record 21 grand slam trophies by winning the title. “I want to play my signature game, aggressive tennis. It’s not always possible, but today was good,” he said after the duel with Beden, who dropped to 195th in the ATP rankings after an eight-month medical break and is back playing. court in March.
Fifth seed Nadal, who broke away from Djokovic and Roger Federar at the top of the Australian Open in January with a win at the summit, started his fourth grand slam win with a win over Van de Zandchulp. She advanced to her eighth final at Paris Clay in her seventeenth in the last 18 years, she did so for the thirteenth time without dropping a set. His next opponent is Félix Auger-Aliassime from Canada.
Scalp won another Grand Slam champion in Paris by Aliaksandra Sasnovičová of Belarus. After a win over British US Open winner Emma Raducanu, she knocked out three-time grand slam winner Angelique Kerber today. He beat the German 6:4, 7:6.
French Open tennis tournament in Paris (clay, subsidies 43.6 million euros):
Man:
Single – Round 3:
Djokovic (1-SRB) – Bedene (Slovenia) 6:3, 6:3, 6:2. Nadal (5-Sp.) – Van de Zandschulp (26-Niz.) 6:3, 6:2, 6: 4, Auger-Aliassime (9-Kan.) – Krajinovic (SRB) 7:6 (7:7 ) 3), 7:6 (7:2), 7:5.
Woman:
Single – Round 3:
Fernandez (17-CAN) – Bencicova (14-Switzerland) 7:5, 3:6, 7:5, Gauff (18-USA) – Kanepiova (EST) 6:3, 6:4, Sasnovicova (Bel Kerberova (21 ) -Nm.) 6:4, 7:6 (7:5), Mertensová (31-Belg.) – Gračová (Rus.) 6:2, 6:3, Trevisanová (It.) – Saville (Austr.) 6:3, 6:4.
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