“I think some things could have been handled a different way,” Novak Djokovic reacts to ‘terrible’ French Open scheduling which caused him to play till 3 am

Djokovic, in spite of all the difficulties, also wants to remain optimistic about it, saying there's beauty in winning a match late at night.

“I think some things could have been handled a different way,” Novak Djokovic reacts to ‘terrible’ French Open scheduling which caused him to play till 3 am

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Novak Djokovic opted not to speak much about French Open scheduling after winning a five-set thriller against Lorenzo Musetti in the third round on the Philippe-Chatrier court that ended after 3 am local time. Djokovic, though struggled in the early sets, made a terrific comeback to beat the Italian 7-5, 6-7(6-8), 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 in four hours and 29 minutes. 

In the press conference later, Djokovic was asked to comment on scheduling the match between Grigor Dimitrov and Zizou Bergs on the Philippe-Chatrier court due to rain delays before his third-round clash with Musetti.

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The Dimitrov-Bergs was affected by rain, and it was later moved to the Philippe-Chatrier. Djokovic, in spite of all the difficulties, wants to remain optimistic about it, saying there’s beauty in winning a match late at night.

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I don’t want to be talking about scheduling. I think some things could have been handled a different way. But there’s beauty as well, I guess, winning a match at 3:30 am… If it’s the last one of the tournament. But it’s not, so I’m going to have to switch on all of my young genes and try to recover as soon as possible.
Novak Djokovic said at the press conference 

The Djokovic vs Musetti match was scheduled to start at 8.15 pm but as Dimitrov and Bergs started their match around 8, the former duo walked onto the court at 10:30. The five-set thriller lasted till 3:06 am and this triggered criticism from fans, including Coco Gauff, who called late matches unhealthy.

Novak Djokovic was in a mood for a party after beating Lorenzo Musetti 

After winning the battle against Lorenzo Musetti, marathon man Novak Djokovic was in no mood to hit the sack. The win in the early hours in Paris gave him an adrenaline rush, and he joked about going to a party. 

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With all this adrenaline, who will be able to sleep? If there’s a party happening, I’ll come!
Novak Djokovic said 

The 37-year-old Serb also equaled Roger Federer‘s record of winning 369 Grand Slam matches. The victory over the Italian was Djokovic’s 93rd career at Roland Garros. 

He is set to face Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo on June 3rd and it will be their first encounter on the ATP Tour. Before Musetti, the 24-time Grand Slam champion went past Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Roberto Carballes Baena in the previous two rounds. 

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