NOS Sport•yesterday, 09:27•Adjusted yesterday, 17:57
Djokovic fights his well past Musetti, the Serbian solely ending at 3:07
Novak Djokovic has superior to the spherical of 16 at Roland Garros after a spectacular comeback in opposition to Italian Lorenzo Musetti, in opposition to whom he gained in 5 units: 7-5, 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6- 0.
Defending champion Djokovic solely got here onto the courtroom at half previous ten final evening as a result of many rain breaks. Simply after 3 a.m., 3:07 a.m. to be actual, the match was over. By no means earlier than had a match at Roland Garros ended so late.
The 37-year-old Djokovic recorded his 369th victory at a Grand Slam event in opposition to Musetti, fifteen years his junior, who cashed in all 5 of his break factors, coming subsequent to file holder Roger Federer.
‘Get together?’
The world primary joked afterwards that he was nonetheless up for a celebration: “Who can sleep with all that adrenaline of their physique?” Moreover, he didn’t need to waste too many phrases concerning the late time at which the sport needed to be performed. “I do not need to get into that debate.”
AFPNovak Djokovic
Finally, Djokovic was tempted into making a press release. “In fact I’ve an opinion about it. I believe some issues may have been dealt with otherwise. There’s something lovely in profitable a match at three within the morning, when it’s the final of the event. However that was not the case.”
“I now need to get well as rapidly as doable,” mentioned the Serbian, who’s in his twentieth Roland Garros, the event he gained 3 times. “Bodily, I actually did my greatest to win this match. The situations had been very robust. It was very chilly.”
Additionally evening work for Ruud
Casper Ruud additionally solely left the observe late at evening. The Norwegian, a dropping finalist in Paris for the previous two years, defeated the Argentinian Tomas Etcheverry simply earlier than one o’clock: 6-4, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2.