Nole suffers but eliminates Fokina at the French Open

Novak Djokovic, world number 3, won against world number 34 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina by 3-0 sets, but the match lasted more than 3 hours and 30 minutes.

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The Serbian won the 1^st two sets after tiebreaks as each of these sets was played for 1 hour and 25 minutes. The Spaniard had a chance to win both sets, but Djokovic showed why he is the best player in history and, with his experience, ended up winning them.

Nole won 6-2 in the 3^rd set as he broke Fokina’s serve twice and a lot harder than expected, closing the match in straight sets.

A new milestone: This was the longest *straight-sets* win of Novak Djokovic’s career at Grand Slam level 🤯

3 hours 36 minutes – 2023 Roland-Garros R3 vs ADF

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The Serbian will face Varillas or Hurkacz in the 1/8 finals at Roland-Garros.

“They shouldn’t boo him because that helps him!” 🤫

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