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French Open: Djokovic makes a sentence

Novak Djokovic has reached the semifinals at the French Open for the twelfth time, taking the next step towards the sole Grand Slam title record he is aiming for.

The Serbian tennis star defeated the Russian Karen Khachanov on Tuesday 4: 6, 7: 6(0), 6: 2, 6: 4 and thereby lost the first set of the tournament.

“He was the better player for two sets and then I played a perfect tiebreak,” says Djokovic. “I am happy to have mastered this great challenge.”

For the first time, he was really challenged for the entire game over 3:38 hours. However, the 36-year-old was able to rely on his nerves of steel again and also won the fifth tie-break in this edition of the classic clay court in Paris.

Djokovic can continue to dream of the sole Grand Slam record

Djokovic extends his record to nine wins in ten duels with Khachanov. The eleventh in the world rankings had recently reached the semifinals at the US Open and the Australian Open.

Djokovic can continue to hope for his 23rd title in a Grand Slam tournament, which would leave Spaniard Rafael Nadal behind. More often in the top four at the French Open than Djokovic was only Nadal, who reached the semifinals 15 times and is not playing in Paris this year due to injury.

Djokovic is now dealing with the winner of the evening game between the top seeded Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and fifth in the world rankings Stefanos Tsitsipas. The Greek ended the surprise run of Austrian Sebastian Ofner in three sets in the round of 16.

2023-06-06 17:33:33
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