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A fair play gesture from Novak Djokovic was the highlight of his show of power in the third round of the French Open in Paris.
The 33-year-old Serbian swept Colombian Daniel Elahi Galán off the field 6: 0, 6: 3, 6: 2 in a quick race, and thus remains at Roland Garros without losing a single set.
However, a situation where the score was 6: 0, 2: 1 for Djokovic caused a stir.
Heavy rains had left the pitch very slippery, so the Serb had already asked for the roof to be closed at the beginning of sentence 2. However, those in charge let the game continue as the roof slowly closed.
Djokovic does not want to benefit from an advantage
The rain continued to increase and conditions slowly became dangerous, especially on the Galán side as only the other side was covered by the roof at this point. Your interrupt request was not successful.
When Galán finally slipped, Djokovic stopped and went to the other side to check the conditions there. Instead of taking advantage of the better court conditions on his side, he refused to continue playing, so the game was interrupted until the roof was completely closed.
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Since the clay court had already been slightly damaged by heavy rain, Djokovic first helped with the correction work with his racket and finally with a broom, before giving his opponent another lesson after the game continued.
The next opponent of the world’s number one is Russian Karen Khachanov, who is ranked 15. He beat Chilean Cristian Garín 6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 4 and 6: 2.
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with sports information service (SID)
