Djokovic Advances to French Open Round of 32… Faces Musetti in 3rd Round
Novak Djokovic (No. 1, Serbia) has advanced to the third round (round of 32) of the French Open (total prize money of 53.5 million euros, approximately 79.4 billion won) men's singles.
On the fifth day of the tournament held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France on the 30th (Korean time), Djokovic defeated Roberto Carballes Baena (No. 63, Spain) 3-0 (6-4 6-1 6-2) in the second round of the men's singles.
Djokovic, who also advanced to the first round 3-0 (6-4 7-6<7-3> 6-4) against Pierre-Hugues Herbert (142nd, France) two days ago, will face Lorenzo Musetti (30th, Italy) in the third round.
Djokovic has the upper hand with 4 wins and 1 loss in their head-to-head record against Musetti.
However, in terms of clay court head-to-head record, Musetti has done relatively well with 2 wins and 1 loss, and in the round of 16 of the 2021 French Open, Musetti took the first and second sets first, troubling Djokovic.
In the round of 16 of this tournament in 2021, Musetti withdrew when Djokovic was leading 4-0 in the fifth set.
If Djokovic, who won this tournament last year, achieves a second consecutive title this year, he will become the first man or woman to win 25 major singles titles.
In addition to Djokovic, Margaret Court (retired, Australia) has won 24 women's singles titles.
This year's Australian Open champion Yannick Sinner (No. 2, Italy), who is seeded second, will face Pavel Kotov (No. 56, Russia) in the third round.
In the women's singles, Aryna Sabalenka (No. 2, Belarus) defeated Uchijima Moyuka (No. 83, Japan) 2-0 (6-2 6-2) to advance to the third round.
Sabalenka, who won the Australian Open this year, will face Paula Badosa (No. 139, Spain) in the third round.
Badosa is a player who rose to world number 2 in 2022, so fans are expected to pay attention to their third-round match.
Sabalenka and Badosa are also known to be close friends off the court.
The third-round match between Ons Jabert (9th, Tunisia), who was the runner-up at Wimbledon last year, and Leila Fernandez (34th, Canada), who was the runner-up at the 2021 US Open, is also considered a 'big match'.
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