Novak Djokovic once again came back from the precipice of defeat at the French Open after beating Argentine Francisco Cerundolo in Paris. GO DEEPER Novak Djokovic wins at 3:06 a.m. in latest finish in French Open historyCerundolo then settled, and Djokovic, unlike against Musetti when he was down and looked out, failed to rouse himself. After going 2-0 down in the final set, he broke straight back, drawing level at 2-2. Djokovic just wasn’t moving well enough to win the match, it appeared, and Cerundolo was repeatedly exploiting this with well-placed drop shots. A dive volley at full stretch in the seventh game of the final set was Djokovic at his very best.

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Persons: Novak Djokovic, Argentine Francisco Cerundolo, Djokovic, Roland Garros, Lorenzo Musetti, Cerundolo, Novak, Musetti, hasn’t, Italy’s, Taylor Fritz, Casper Ruud, ‘, Charlie Eccleshare, Ruud, Fritz, Clive Brunskill Organizations: Argentine, Cerundolo, Italian, Djokovic, Sunday, Cerundulo, Musetti Locations: Paris, Argentine