French Open: Fighter Novak Djokovic in quarters

Novak Djokovic survived a major scare from teenager Lorenzo Musetti on Monday to reach his 15th French Open quarterfinal and stay on course to become the first man in over 50 years to win all four Grand Slams twiceThe World No 1 dropped the first two sets then comfortably levelled before the 19yearold Italian retired in the final set from a stomach injuryDjokovicrsquos 67 79 67 27 61 60 40 win set up a Last eight clash with Matteo Berrettini another Italian who progressed after Roger Federerrsquos withdrawalRafael Nadal reached the quarterfinals for the 15th time on Monday with a straight sets win over Italyrsquos Jannik Sinner to stay on course for a 14th Roland Garros title and recordsetting 21st Grand Slam Third seed Nadal downed 19yearold Sinner 75 63 60 and goes on to face 10thseeded Diego SchwartzmanDjokovic the 2016 champion and chasing a 19th major was facing his earliest exit in Paris since 2009 when 19yearold Musetti stormed through the first two sets hitting blistering winners and finding the acutest of anglesBut the 76thranked Italian making his Grand Slam debut then went dramatically off the boil Where the first two sets had taken 75 and 66 minutes Djokovic swept the third in 24 minutes and the fourth in just 17 Musetti won only 14 points in the third and fourth sets before leaving the court for a medical timeout Djokovic broke for 10 in the decider injuring a finger as he smashed a winner while losing his balance and falling into the clayldquoI like to play young guys in the bestoffive because even at two sets down I feel I still have my chancesrdquo said Djokovic ldquoI feel physically fit I have won most of my fivesetters and that experience helps Itrsquos unfortunate for him to have to retire but I could see he was struggling physicallyrdquo3rd QF for SchwartzmanSchwartzman reached his third French Open quarterfinal with a 76 119 64 75 win over Germanyrsquos JanLennard Struff Schwartzman saved seven set points in the first set as he rallied from a 51 deficit against the 42ndranked StruffKenin oustedMeanwhile Greecersquos Maria Sakkari demolished last yearrsquos runnerup Sofia Kenin 61 63 on Monday to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the first time The World No 18 needed 68 minutes to beat the fourthseeded AmericanThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever