Tennis-Djokovic through after huge scare as Musetti retires


Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - June 7, 2021 Serbia's Novak Djokovic leaves the court after Italy's Lorenzo Musetti retired after sustaining an injury during their fourth round match REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

PARIS (Reuters) -World number one Novak Djokovic survived a huge scare as he fought back from two sets down against teenager Lorenzo Musetti to reach the French Open quarter-finals on Monday after his Italian opponent retired with cramps in the fifth set.

Top seed Djokovic was outplayed by an inspired Musetti as he lost two tiebreaks, but the match then changed dramatically as the Serb fought back to 6-7(7) 6-7(2) 6-1 6-0 4-0 before progressing to the last eight in Paris for the 15th time.

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