After defeating Lorenzo Musetti in a third-round match at the 2024 French Open, Novak Djokovic gave an amusing participation appeal. Notably, the match is now recorded in history as the last to conclude at Roland Garros.
Musetti swept the second and third sets, and the Serb, having won the first, seemed completely confused. But he rallied hard in the fourth set and went all out in the decisive to win 7-5, 6-7(8), 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, and move on to the Roland Garros fourth round.
After the game, Djokovic praised the Philippe Chatrier audience for their support and made fun of the younger fans for staying up so late.
Djokovic said in his post-match press conference: “Thank you so much. Amazingly, you stayed. What time is it? 3 am! Kids, you should be in bed! What are you doing here? You’re so young! No, thank you so much; that was perhaps the best match I’ve ever played here, the most exciting.”
The world No. 1 believed that if the people of Paris were going to a party, he would skip sleep and attend despite his naturally high adrenaline levels.
He added: “And now. Who’s going to sleep? It’s impossible to sleep now with all this adrenaline. If you’re going to a party, I’m coming too! Let’s go.”
Djokovic at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2024
At the moment ranked no.1, Novak has achieved an overall 17-6 win-loss record in 2024. Djokovic is now competing at the French Open where he beat the world no.142 Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4 7-63 6-4, the world no.63 Roberto Carballes Baena 6-4 6-1 6-2 and the world no.30 Lorenzo Musetti 7-5 6-76 2-6 6-3 6-0.
Novak Djokovic will take on the world no.27 Francisco Cerundolo in the 4th round on Monday at 3:00 pm on Court PHILIPPE-CHATRIER. In the past, they have never competed against each other till now in top events.
The Serbian won 98 titles in his career: 52 on hard courts, 19 on clay courts, 19 on indoor courts and 8 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Djokovic is scheduled to play next at the Wimbledon (Wimbledon). He will start to play the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 1st of July.
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