The Serbian scored 3 sets to 0 and surpassed Rafael Nadal in the number of times he was among the eight best tennis players in the French Grand Slam
Novak Djokovic is in the quarterfinals of Roland Garros for the 17th time in his career. The 36-year-old Serbian tennis player has passed Rafael Nadal this Sunday guaranteeing the classification in the confrontation against the Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas, for 3 sets to 0. With a duration of 1h57min, the match had partials of 6/3 and doubles of 6/2. Another one to win 3 sets to 0 and guarantee himself a place in the quarterfinals this Sunday was the young Spaniard Carlos Alcarazwho had a generational clash against the young Italian Lorenzo Musetto, 21 years.
With a hip injury and off-season, Nadal is not fighting for his 15th Roland Garros and a Grand Slam triumph from Djokovic could tie the two singles titles at tournaments of this level. At the moment, each of the stars has 32 trophies. “I’m proud of all the records, but they mean I’m too old. I’m very focused and motivated to keep going,” Djokovic said on Sunday.
“It’s the first time I’ve played against him, but he’s known on the circuit for being a specialist on clay. I knew I would have to fight for every point because he’s a very consistent player. I have to give my best of the tournament,” he said Djokovic on his duel with Varillas, who won his first Grand Slam match in this edition of the tournament.
Number 1 in the standings, Carlos Alcaraz is one of the players capable of facing Djokovic in this edition of the tournament. The 20-year-old Spaniard was totally dominant against Musetti and repeated exactly the same splits as Djoko, 6/3 and double 6/2.
Also in the early hours of this Sunday, the Russian Karen Khachanov and the Italian Lorenzo Sonego entered the field. Khachanov, number 11 in the ranking, won 3 sets to 1 and also reached the quarterfinals. The divisions were 1/6, 6/4, 7/6 (9/7) and 6/1.
BRAZILIANS FALL INTO MEN’S DOUBLE
The day was not good for Marcelo Melo and Rafael Matos in men’s doubles. First, Marcelo Melo and the Australian John Peers came on against the Argentinean Horacio Zeballos and the Spanish Marcel Granollers and lost 2 sets to 0, with partials of 6/2 and 6/3. Rafael Matos and Portuguese Francisco Cabral had a tight match against Croatian Ivan Dodig and North American Austin Krajicek. The match ended 2 sets to 1, with a hard-earned comeback. The partials were 6/7 (3/7), 6/4 and 7/5.
DISQUALIFICATION
Sunday was marred by an incident in the women’s doubles. Japan’s Miyu Kato, playing alongside Indonesia’s Aldila Sutjiadi, accidentally hit a ball on a ball boy. The pair ended up being disqualified and Czech Marie Bouzková and Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo went on. Both Kato and the ball boy were quite shaken by the situation and needed some comforting.
Brazil is still represented by Luisa Stefani in women’s doubles and mixed doubles, for which Luisa plays alongside Rafael Matos. In the women’s singles, Beatriz Haddad Maia will play for the round of 16 this Monday.
BIG SURPRISES FROM FEMALE SIMPLES
This Sunday’s women’s singles reserved real surprises. Number 333 in the ranking, the Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat the Belgian Elisa Mertens, number 28 in the WTA, by 2 sets to 1 (3/6, 7/6 (7/3) and 6/3). Number 192 in the ranking, Elina Svitolina defeated the Russian Daria Kasatkina, number 9 in the world, for 2 sets to 0, splits of 6/4 and 7/6 (7/5). Czech Karolína Muchová beat Elina Avanesyan, from Russia, by 2 sets to 0 (6/4 and 6/3).
Source: Terra
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