The 23rd-seeded Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina will take on the three-time French Open champion Djokovic on Monday in an attempt to advance to the round of eight.
After creating an unfavorable record at Roland Garros, Novak Djokovic will try to advance to his 15th consecutive French Open quarterfinal on Monday. After overcoming Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti in a brutal five-set match that ended at 3:07 a.m. on Sunday, the reigning champion and 24-time Grand Slam champion advanced to the round of 16. It was the latest Roland Garros finish ever. The 37-year-old Djokovic stated, “I believe some things could have been handled differently.” “There is a certain beauty in winning the match at three in the morning if it is the last of the tournament, but this wasn’t the case.”
Three-time French Open champion Djokovic will take on 23rd-seeded Argentine Francisco Cerundolo on Monday in an attempt to advance to the round of sixteen. Djokovic and Cerundolo have never faced each other before, but Cerundolo shocked world number four Alexander Zverev on clay in Madrid earlier this season on his way to the quarterfinals. The 25-year-old also made it to the round of sixteen in Paris in 2023, losing in five sets to Denmark’s Holger Rune. Zverev, who defeated 14-time champion Rafael Nadal in the first round, was nearly eliminated by Tallon Griekspoor in the third round after rallying from a 4-1 deficit in the final set.
The German player, 27, is participating in the game despite the fact that he is now facing charges of abusing his former girlfriend in Berlin.
For the seventh year running, Zverev is in the fourth round of Roland Garros. He is the only player to have advanced to the semifinals in the last three French Opens.
In their lone prior clay-court match, which took place in Munich in 2022, Rune—a two-time Paris quarterfinalist—beat Zverev in straight sets.
ranking fifth Daniil Medvedev of Russia faces Alex de Minaur, the 11th seed from Australia.
After losing his first four rounds of matches in a row, former US Open champion Medvedev advanced to the quarterfinals in 2021.
Taylor Fritz is up against Casper Ruud for a quarterfinal spot. Ruud finished second to Djokovic and then Nadal in the previous two years. Fritz defeated Thanasi Kokkinakis with 56 wins in a three-round match that lasted five sets on Saturday.
