By dominating the Peruvian Juan-Pablo Varillas (94th in the world) 6-3, 6-2, 6-2, Djokovic reaches the Porte d’Auteuil quarters for the 17th time, a new record.
Double winner “only” at Roland-Garros (2016 and 2021), the Serb will never beat Rafael Nadal’s inaccessible record of 14 Porte d’Auteuil titles. By dominating the surprising Pablo Varillas without forcing his talent this Sunday, Novak Djokovic qualified for a 14th consecutive quarter-final at Roland-Garros, a 17th in all. This allows him to pass in front of the Spaniard. Rafael Nadal has played “only” 16 quarters in the Parisian Major.
The Serb, 3rd in the world at 36, is about to play his 55th quarter-final in a Grand Slam tournament (the record of 58 is held by Roger Federer and Nadal has 47) has always reached the quarter-finals in Paris since 2010 A mind-blowing new figure for the insatiable record hunter.
