Milestone win for Nole on the French Open!
Novak Djokovic is thru to the quarter-finals of the Rolland Garros after one other straight-set victory.
The three-time champion defeated Cameron Norrie following a dominant show, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2.
This win was not simply one other step ahead – it was a historic second. It marked Novak’s one hundredth victory on the clay courts of Paris, and 100 wins at a significant occasion for the primary time in his standout profession.
In comparison with the current match between the 2 in Geneva, this one appeared utterly completely different. From the beginning, Novak was in full management, setting the tempo and never giving Norrie any actual possibilities – in contrast to final time, when he needed to battle exhausting for the win.
Novak began sturdy, breaking Norrie’s serve within the second recreation for a 2-0 lead. Norrie broke again immediately, however Novak shortly took again management by breaking once more within the fourth recreation. He stored pushing and sealed the primary set 6-2 in simply 44 minutes.
The second set began tough – Novak misplaced his serve with out profitable some extent. However he bounced again shortly, breaking the Brit within the fourth recreation. He acquired the essential break within the eighth recreation on his fifth likelihood and received the set 6-3 after 57 minutes.
Within the third set, Novak was just too sturdy – strong on serve, aggressive on return, and he broke Norrie twice (within the third and fifth video games) to complete the match in model.
The match lasted two hours and 14 minutes.
Subsequent up for Novak isn’t any.3 seed Alexander Zverev, within the quarter-finals on Wednesday.
Zverev superior after Dutch participant Tallon Griekspoor needed to retire with an harm. Zverev was main 6-4, 3-0 when the match ended.
Novak leads Zverev 8-5 of their earlier matchups. They final met within the semi-finals of this yr’s Australian Open, however Novak needed to retire after the primary set because of a thigh harm.
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