PARIS: Top seed Novak Djokovic's untroubled growth endured at the French Open as he chalked up a fourth successive straight-sets victory on Monday, this time outclassing Jan-Lennard Struff to achieve the quarter-finals.
His 6-Three, 6-2, 6-2 defeat of the 45th-ranked German approach Djokovic is the first guy to achieve 10 successive quarter-finals at Roland Garros -- a feat even Rafael Nadal has not achieved.
Struff was bidding to achieve his first Grand Slam quarter-final and supplied some early resistance in drizzly stipulations on Court Philippe Chatrier.
Djokovic had an early likelihood to damage in the second recreation however Struff gained a fierce baseline rally to avert the risk.
It felt like just a subject of time earlier than Djokovic moved up a gear although, and within the seventh recreation he brought up two more spoil issues with a shocking backhand passing shot.
He duly converted with a damage after softening up Struff with a chain of punishing groundstrokes into the corners.
After holding serve to take the hole set, Djokovic rolled via the next two in cruise keep an eye on, making simplest 11 unforced mistakes in the one hour 33 minute exercise.
He will face German's Alexander Zverev within the quarter-final.
Djokovic is bidding to turn into simplest the second guy to carry all four Grand Slams concurrently twice, having first achieved the feat three years ago when he gained his simplest French Open name.
His 6-Three, 6-2, 6-2 defeat of the 45th-ranked German approach Djokovic is the first guy to achieve 10 successive quarter-finals at Roland Garros -- a feat even Rafael Nadal has not achieved.
Struff was bidding to achieve his first Grand Slam quarter-final and supplied some early resistance in drizzly stipulations on Court Philippe Chatrier.
Djokovic had an early likelihood to damage in the second recreation however Struff gained a fierce baseline rally to avert the risk.
It felt like just a subject of time earlier than Djokovic moved up a gear although, and within the seventh recreation he brought up two more spoil issues with a shocking backhand passing shot.
He duly converted with a damage after softening up Struff with a chain of punishing groundstrokes into the corners.
After holding serve to take the hole set, Djokovic rolled via the next two in cruise keep an eye on, making simplest 11 unforced mistakes in the one hour 33 minute exercise.
He will face German's Alexander Zverev within the quarter-final.
Djokovic is bidding to turn into simplest the second guy to carry all four Grand Slams concurrently twice, having first achieved the feat three years ago when he gained his simplest French Open name.
Djokovic powers into 10th straight Roland Garros quarter-final
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