Novak Djokovic was scheduled to play a quarterfinal match at Roland Garros today against Casper Ruud, but that will not happen. The Norwegian tennis player advances to the semifinals without playing, as Djokovic has withdrawn from the Paris Grand Slam due to a right knee injury. Before withdrawing from the tournament, he managed to break two of Roger Federer’s records.
The winner of a record 24 Grand Slam titles in his career played an exhausting five-set match, defeating Argentine Francisco Cerundolo in the round of 16. The day after, he underwent an MRI which revealed a more serious right knee injury, and some media reports suggest there is also meniscus damage. Djokovic decided to leave Paris.
It is not yet known how long he will be sidelined due to this injury and whether his participation in Wimbledon and the Paris Olympic Games is now in jeopardy. For now, this remains uncertain, but it is known that by reaching the quarterfinals of Roland Garros, Djokovic has taken two more records from Federer.
Đoković Succeeds
The magnificent Swiss player, Djokovic, and Rafael Nadal are indispensable in any discussion about the greatest tennis player of all time. Djokovic is the most successful among them in terms of the number of Grand Slam titles won (Nadal 22, Federer 20) and the number of Masters 1000 series titles (Djokovic 40, Nadal 36, Federer 28).
Adding to this, Djokovic has spent the most time at the number one spot on the ATP list (428 weeks, Federer 310, Nadal 209), making the question of who is the greatest ever a clear one for many. Besides the mentioned records he has taken from his (former) rivals, Djokovic now has two new ones that were recently thought to remain Federer’s for a long time.
Before this Roland Garros, Federer was the player with the most Grand Slam match wins (369), but Djokovic now has one more. Nadal stands at 314. Additionally, Djokovic previously shared the record for the most Grand Slam quarterfinal appearances with Federer. By reaching the quarterfinals of Roland Garros, he has now done so 59 times. Federer remains at 58.
