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Agence France-Presse

Novak Djokovic will aim to reach his 15th successive French Open quarter-final on Monday after setting an unwanted Roland Garros record.
The defending champion and 24-time grand slam title winner made the last 16 by beating Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti in a bruising five-set epic that ended at 3.07am on Sunday.
It was the latest finish ever at Roland Garros, and the 37-year-old said there were certain things that “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,” he said.
On Monday, three-time French Open champion Djokovic faces Argentine 23rd seed Francisco Cerundolo for a place in the last eight.
Victory would give him a record 370th grand slam match win.
Cerundolo and Djokovic have never met before but the Argentine stunned world No 4 Alexander Zverev on clay in Madrid earlier this season on his way to the quarter-finals.

The 25-year-old also made the last 16 in Paris in 2023, when he lost in five sets to Denmark’s Holger Rune.
Zverev, who knocked out 14-time champion Rafael Nadal in the first round, was pushed to the brink by Tallon Griekspoor in the third round, battling back from 4-1 down in the final set.
The 27-year-old German, who faces Rune next, is playing under the shadow of an ongoing trial in Berlin over allegations of assaulting an ex-girlfriend.
Zverev is in the fourth round at Roland Garros for the seventh consecutive year and is the only player to have reached the semi-finals at the past three French Opens.
Rune, a two-time quarter-finalist in Paris, defeated Zverev in straight sets in their only previous meeting on clay in Munich in 2022.
Fifth-seeded Russian Daniil Medvedev takes on Australian 11th seed Alex de Minaur.
Former US Open champion Medvedev reached the quarter-finals in 2021, ending a run of four successive first-round losses.
Casper Ruud, the runner-up to Nadal and then Djokovic in the past two years, tackles Taylor Fritz for a quarter-final spot.
Fritz cracked 56 winners past Thanasi Kokkinakis in a five-set third round clash on Saturday.
In the women’s tournament, world No 2 Aryna Sabalenka, who was a semi-finalist in 2023 and has made at least the last four at her past six grand slams, plays American 22nd seed Emma Navarro.
The 23-year-old Navarro is in the last 16 of a grand slam for the first time.

Navarro defeated fellow American and recent Strasbourg clay-court champion Madison Keys in the third round.
Former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina, the fourth seed and the only woman to defeat world No 1 Iga Świątek on clay this season, faces experienced Ukrainian 15th seed Elina Svitolina.
Moscow-born French player Varvara Gracheva plays 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva, the Russian teenager who is the youngest woman to reach the last 16 on all three Slam surfaces since Anna Kournikova in 1998.
“I know Varvara pretty well. We’ve been practising together for almost two years, so I know what to expect. She’s at a great level right now,” said Andreeva of her 88th-ranked opponent.
Monday’s other last 16 clash sees Elina Avanesyan, also of Russia, facing Italian 12th seed Jasmine Paolini.


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French Open

French Open: marathon man Novak Djokovic eyes 15th successive quarter-final at Roland Garros, faces 23rd-seed Argentine

Novak Djokovic of Serbia finished his five-set match against Lorenzo Musetti of Italy at 3.07am on Sunday. Photo: TNS

Alexander Zverev faces Denmark’s Holger Rune, who won their only previous meeting on clay. Photo: Reuters

American 22nd seed Emma Navarro, who beat Madison Keys, now faces world No 2 Aryna Sabalenka. Photo: AFP

French Open: Novak Djokovic battles back in epic, while title rival Zverev is pushed to the limit

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates winning his third round men’s singles match against Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti at the French Open. Photo: AP

Novak Djokovic (left) embraces Lorenzo Musetti after their five-set epic at Roland Garros. Photo: AFP

Alexander Zverev needed five sets to beat Tallon Griekspoor. Photo: Reuters

Russia’s Elina Avanesyan reacts after beating China’s Zheng Qinwen. Photo: AFP

French Open: China’s Zhang Zhizhen loses to former finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas; Iga Świątek, Carlos Alcaraz ease through

Zhang Zhizhen waves to the crowd at Roland Garros following his defeat to Stefanos Tsitsipas. Photo: Xinhua

Iga Świątek celebrated her birthday in style with a straight-sets victory over Marie Bouzkova. Photo: AFP

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Defending champion made the last 16 by beating Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti over 5 sets in the tournament’s latest-ever finish
His next opponent, Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo, stunned world No 4 Alexander Zverev on clay earlier this season


Defending champion made the last 16 by beating Italy’s Musetti in the tournament’s latest-ever finish, and now faces Argentina’s Cerundolo.


French Open: marathon man Novak Djokovic eyes 15th successive quarter-final at Roland Garros, faces 23rd-seed Argentine

Defending champion made the last 16 by beating Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti over 5 sets in the tournament’s latest-ever finish His next opponent, Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo, stunned world No 4 Alexander Zverev on clay earlier this season

Defending champion made the last 16 by beating Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti over 5 sets in the tournament’s latest-ever finish

His next opponent, Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo, stunned world No 4 Alexander Zverev on clay earlier this season