Djokovic clinch a comfortable victory over Berankis, will face Musetti in round four of French Open 2021


Djokovic clinch a comfortable victory over Berankis, will face Musetti in round four of French Open 2021.

French Open Novak Djokovic: Serbian Novak Djokovic can already say that not all Roland Garros records are held by thirteen-time champion Rafa Nadal.

The main ones seem untouchable, eternal, but the world number one has become the tennis player. With the most consecutive appearances in the eighth of the men’s individual by beating Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis, 30 years old and 93rd ATP, without problems, 6-1, 6-4 and 6-1 in an hour and 32 minutes .

The streak of ‘Nole’ is twelve consecutive appearances in the fourth round in Paris, starting in 2010.

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He breaks the balance to eleven with Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer who reached the second round uninterruptedly from 2005 to 2015. The Spanish did not go beyond the third round in 2016. As a wrist injury prevented him from showing up for the appointment with Marcel Granollers.

Djokovic vs Musetti all set

Novak Djokovic, finalist in Rome and winner in Belgrade 2, continues to prepare smoothly for bigger battles. His next rival is the Italian Lorenzo Musetti, sixth Grand Slam debutant since 2000 who reaches the eighth.

At 19 years of age, he shares consideration of the ‘teenager’ of the event with the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz. The youngest of the table at 18, and his compatriot Jannik Sinner, also 19.

French Open Novak Djokovic

Musetti, world number one junior in June 2019, entered the ATP top-100 by reaching the semifinals in Acapulco this year. Result that also made in Lyon. On both occasions he could not with the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas .

Musetti enters the rookie list in the second round, starting in 2000, which had Hyung Taik-Lee (2000 US Open), David Goffin (2012 Roland Garros), Juan Ignacio Londero (2019 Roland Garros), Daniel Altmaier (Roland- Garros 2020) and Aslan Karatsev (2021 Australian Open).

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Lorenzo beat 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 3-6 and 6-3 to Marco Cecchinato , also from abroad, famous in his day for precisely beating Djokovic at Roland Garros to get into the 2018 semifinals.


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