Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates his victory over Spain's Fernando Verdasco during the fourth round match at the French Open in Paris yesterday. Pic/Getty Images

Novak Djokovic reached a record 12th French Open quarter-final yesterday with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 win over Spain's Fernando Verdasco. Djokovic, the 2016 champion and 12-time Grand Slam title winner, has now also reached 40 quarter-finals at the majors. The Serb, seeded at 20 this year after a year of struggles with an elbow injury and mediocre form, will face Marco Cecchinato stunned eighth seed David Goffin 7-5, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3. Verdasco, 34, had knocked out fourth seed Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets in the third round. However, his hopes of beating Djokovic, 31, for the first time in eight years weren't helped by a badly blistered left foot which needed treatment before the end of the second set. Yesterday's win was also Djokovic's 200th on clay courts.