{"id":8015,"date":"2025-05-29T15:58:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T19:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/djokovic-overcomes-blister-and-advances-at-roland-garros-20th-record-round\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T15:58:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T19:58:21","slug":"djokovic-overcomes-blister-and-advances-at-roland-garros-20th-record-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/tennis\/djokovic-overcomes-blister-and-advances-at-roland-garros-20th-record-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Djokovic Overcomes Blister and Advances at Roland Garros: 20th Record Round"},"content":{"rendered":"PARIS \u2013 Novak Djokovic overcame a challenging match at the French Open, facing a physical issue and a determined opponent.Djokovic, dealing with a blister on his left big toe that required medical assistance in the third set, was one point away from going to a fourth set before securing the victory over Corentin Moutet with a score of 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (1).<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWith him, anything is possible. But I managed to find the right shots to stay in the match,\u201d Djokovic commented.<\/p><cite>Novak Djokovic<\/cite><\/blockquote><p>This triumph marks the twentieth time Djokovic has reached the third round at Roland-Garros, an unprecedented record, surpassing even Rafael Nadal.<\/p>With two more victories, Djokovic will advance to the quarterfinals of the tournament for the sixteenth consecutive year. In 2024, he withdrew before that round after suffering a knee injury.<p>Djokovic has won three of his 24 Grand Slam titles in Paris, an unparalleled achievement in men&#8217;s tennis.<\/p><p>In the match against Moutet, a left-handed tennis player representing France, Djokovic lost the first game on the Suzanne-Lenglen court, to the euphoria of the public. However, he quickly regained control of the match. The challenge arose in the third set, with the score tied at 2.<\/p>Djokovic, after a bike ride through Paris on Wednesday night, felt a move and requested medical assistance. The coach treated and bandaged the affected finger.<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0529%2Fr1500029_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Novak Djokovic recibe tratamiento para una ampolla durante su partido contra Corentin Moutet en la segunda ronda masculina del Abierto de Francia el jueves.\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Novak Djokovic recibe tratamiento para una ampolla durante su partido contra Corentin Moutet en la segunda ronda masculina del Abierto de Francia el jueves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Moutet later showed defiance towards his team after breaking serve and leading 4-2 in the third set. Djokovic responded, but faced another critical moment by losing 6-5 and facing a set point, while the crowd chanted Moutet&#8217;s last name.Moutet missed a backhand, and in the tiebreak, Djokovic showed his superiority.<p>This season, Djokovic has experienced challenges, including losing streaks. However, he managed to break his negative streak by winning his 100th title at the Geneva Open, before reaching Roland-Garros.<\/p><blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cBefore last week&#8217;s tournament in Geneva, I didn&#8217;t feel confident in my game. It&#8217;s normal to feel that way, because I hadn&#8217;t won enough matches. I&#8217;m like any other player in that respect. I&#8217;ve had to work hard to win,\u201d explained Djokovic.<\/p><cite>Novak Djokovic<\/cite><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PARIS \u2013 Novak Djokovic overcame a challenging match at the French Open, facing a physical issue and a determined opponent.Djokovic, dealing with a blister on his left big toe that required medical assistance in the third set, was one point away from going to a fourth set before securing the victory over Corentin Moutet with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[813,290,1965,166],"class_list":{"0":"post-8015","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-french-open","9":"tag-injury","10":"tag-moutet","11":"tag-novak-djokovic"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}