French Open final: Djokovic roars back to bear Stefanos Tsitsipas to claim his 19th Grand Slam
Novak Djokovic becomes the first man in the Open Era to win all four Grand Slam titles twice after the Serb had scare and battles back down from two sets to defeat Stefan Tsitsipas in Sunday’s French Open final and now has chance of winning a golden slam with Wimbledon, the Olympics and US Open.
Djokovic staged yet another comeback as he beat Tsitsipas 6-7 (6-8), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to close within one single title of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
Serbian top seed Novak Djokovic who is chasing his 19th Grand Slam title, was struggling against Greek fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas who is appearing in his maiden final, after losing two sets but holding on the third in French Open men’s singles final at Roland Garos,
Tsitsipas saved a set pint to win a compelling opener on a tie-break and looked to be cruising towards the title when he comfortably took the second but Djokovic has other ideas and a warning never to write him off.
Djokovic’s excursions came off an epic semi-final victory against his old rival Rafael Nadal.