The 38-year-old Djokovic dusted aside Britain’s Cameron Norrie in three sets, his 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 victory on Court Philippe Chatrier bringing up the Serbian’s 100th match win at the French Open
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic returns to Britain’s Cameron Norrie in Paris on Monday. Pic/AFP
Novak Djokovic sailed into a record 19th French Open quarter-final on Monday, while World No. 1 Jannik Sinner dismantled Andrey Rublev in straight sets.
The 38-year-old Djokovic dusted aside Britain’s Cameron Norrie in three sets, his 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 victory on Court Philippe Chatrier bringing up the Serbian’s 100th match win at the French Open.
Record appearances
His tally of 19 quarter-final appearances at Roland Garros is the record for a single Grand Slam tournament, surpassing Roger Federer’s 18 Wimbledon quarter-finals. But Djokovic, a three-time French Open champion, is focused on much bigger goals as he chases a new outright record of 25 Grand Slam titles this week.
“I feel good. I know I can play better. But 12 sets played, 12 sets won, it’s been solid so far,” said Djokovic, who will likely face a much more difficult test against World No. 3 Alexander Zverev. “It’s great, but victory number 101 would be better. I’m very honoured... But I need to continue now.”
Sinner cruises
World No. 1 Sinner fired a warning shot to his title rivals with a ruthless 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Russian 17th seed Rublev in the night session.
Sinner will face the unseeded Alexander Bublik next. Bublik took down his second top-10 rival here, coming back from a set behind to defeat British fifth seed Jack Draper 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.
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