{"id":81288,"date":"2016-06-01T14:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T12:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/?p=81288"},"modified":"2016-06-01T19:24:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-01T17:24:00","slug":"novak-fights-past-agut-into-roland-garros-quarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/novak-fights-past-agut-into-roland-garros-quarters\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak fights past Agut into Roland Garros quarter-finals"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Novak<\/p>\n

The rain-affected clash has taken two days, and three hours and 13 minutes, but the three-time runner-up has booked passage to the last eight.<\/p>\n

World no.1 Novak Djokovic is through to his 10th Roland Garros<\/a> quarter-final following a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-5 win over Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Serbian ace is in the final eight at a Grand Slam championship for the 28th consecutive time. He surpassed Jimmy Connors for second best streak ever.<\/p>\n

Novak was leading 3-6, 6-4, 4-1 before rain halted play on Tuesday. There was also no play due to rain on Monday, which represented the first washout at the French Open since May 30, 2000.<\/p>\n

Players were back in action on Wednesday. The no.1 seed immediately broke Agut’s serve, then served out the third set for two-sets-to-one lead. He suffered a lapse in concentration to fall 2-4 behind in the fourth set. The Spaniard’s advantage was short-lived as Novak broke in the seventh and 11th games for his 41st victory in 2016.<\/p>\n

“I know that I can play better and I have a couple more gears,”<\/strong> said Novak. “That excites me, actually. It motivates me to work and get myself in that maximum speed hopefully for the next match and see where it takes me.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Match statistics<\/u>: aces (2-1), double faults (5-2), winners (45-31), unforced errors (54-49), total points won (140-118).<\/p>\n

For a place in the semi-finals, Djokovic will meet seventh seed Tomas Berdych who beat no.11 seed and 2013 finalist David Ferrer in straight sets (6-3, 7-5, 6-3). The 29-year-old Belgrade native holds a 23-2 H2H record against the Czech.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Novak is looking to win Roland Garros for the first time and join an elite group of eight players in completing the career Grand Slam.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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