Novak Djokovic survives wobble to arrange Fokina revenge match at French Open

Novak Djokovic survived a marathon first set to brush previous Marton Fucsovics 7-6(2) 6-0 6-3 on the French Open. The third seed struggled to shut out the opener however went on to dominate as he arrange a grudge match with Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. The 23-year-old upset Djokovic of their newest assembly and the Serb will look to actual his revenge.

Djokovic got here into the match with an undefeated 4-0 file in opposition to Fucsovics and bought off to a quick begin when he broke within the Hungarian’s first service sport. But the third seed had hassle on his personal serve, saving 4 break factors whereas main 3-1 and one other three at 4-2.

The Serb roared as he held to place himself inside a sport of the opening set however he continued to wrestle with the windy circumstances. Djokovic double-faulted whereas he was serving for the set, gifting Fucsovics an important break because the world No 83 received three video games in a row to attract stage.

The set went to a tiebreak, the place the two-time French Open champion raised his stage to lastly take the opener 7-6(2) after an hour and 27 minutes. And it was a totally completely different story in set quantity two, as Djokovic went full steam forward.

He broke Fucsovics thrice to race to a 5-0 lead earlier than encountering some hassle when making an attempt to serve out the set as soon as once more. But Djokovic was in a position to fend off a break level and took the second set in simply 33 minutes – a stark distinction to the primary.

The 36-year-old prolonged his run of video games to eight as he broke to start out the third. This time the world No 83 refused to let him run away with it and broke straight again however Djokovic rapidly regained his benefit.

He arrange extra break factors at 4-2, placing his finger to his lips to have fun earlier than wagging his finger. But Fucsovics refused to go away as he had a lifeline with a break level as Djokovic served for the match, and the Serb dumped the ball into the online at hand his opponent an important sport.