![]() ![]() ![]() World number one and top seed Alcaraz, another tenacious Spaniard who is backed to take the mantle of 14-times champion Nadal, bulldozed his way to a 6-3 6-2 6-2 win over Italian Lorenzo Musetti. "It was the best level of tennis I have played here so I'm very satisfied." "I'm proud of all the records but it also means I'm not young any more," said the 36-year-old Djokovic. PARIS, June 4 (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz inched closer to a blockbuster French Open semi-final showdown with imperious wins on Sunday as Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka skipped another press conference due to being asked to comment on the war in Ukraine earlier in the tournament.ĭjokovic, who is chasing a men's record 23rd Grand Slam to leapfrog Spaniard Rafa Nadal in the injured champion's absence, blazed past Peruvian marathon man Juan Pablo Varillas 6-3 6-2 6-2 in a lopsided last-eight clash.Ī two-time champion in Paris, Djokovic has now reached the quarters in Paris for a record 17th time, one more than Nadal.
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