In 2018, Marco Cecchinato created a surprise at Roland-Garros by beating Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals after a match where the Serb was very tense.
The Italian, who at the time had had the tournament of his life, had played high-level tennis to overcome the Serbian, who at the time was in one of the most difficult periods of his legendary career.
It was finally after an epic tie-break won with a score of 13-11 that Cecchinato won this quarter-final.
For PalermoToday, the former world No. 16 looked back on this memorable match: “It was the high point of my career. Victory in four sets with two tie-breaks. The last one was endless.
At the end of the match, during the handshake at the net, he hugged me and told me I had just played an incredible match. I will never forget these words. »