Djokovic collects 100th career French Open win, defeating Norrie for quarterfinal berth

The Associated Press

· Posted: Jun 02, 2025 1:08 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

Novak Djokovic earned his 100th vocation French Open victory, a people surpassed lone by Rafael Nadal among men, by overwhelming Cam Norrie 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 successful the 4th circular Monday.

Djokovic hasn't ceded a acceptable connected his mode to the quarterfinals this twelvemonth astatine Roland-Garros, wherever helium has won 3 of his 24 Grand Slam titles.

"I consciousness good. Every day, I person much expectations astir my game, [and with] 12 sets played, 12 sets won, everything is coagulated and positive," Djokovic said.

The 38-year-old Serbian had a brace of three-match losing streaks this play but seems to beryllium successful apical signifier lately, including collecting his 100th rubric astatine the Geneva Open the week earlier play began successful Paris.

"He was coagulated today, and helium didn't springiness maine anything," Norrie said. "Defending well, serving well, returning good and precise sharp."

Next up for Djokovic is simply a matchup against No. 3 effect Alexander Zverev connected Wednesday for a berth successful the semifinals. Zverev precocious Monday erstwhile his opponent, Tallon Griekspoor, discontinue successful the 2nd acceptable with an abdominal strain.

"He decidedly knows however to play tennis. He decidedly knows what it means to beryllium connected the large signifier and to play large matches," Zverev said astir Djokovic. "There is nary uncertainty astir that."

Djokovic improved his grounds to 100-16 astatine the French Open. Nadal, who retired astatine the extremity of past season, went 112-4 portion winning a grounds 14 championships astatine the clay-court major.

No. 5 Jack Draper retired successful 4th round

Alexander Bublik became the archetypal antheral from Kazakhstan to scope the quarterfinals astatine a Grand Slam tournament, eliminating No. 5 Jack Draper 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.

The 27-year-old Bublik dropped to the court, smudging himself with the reddish clay, erstwhile helium finished disconnected the biggest triumph of his vocation aft astir 2 1/2 hours.

"Sometimes successful life, determination is lone 1 chance, and I had a feeling that that was excavation and I couldn't fto it slip," helium told the assemblage afterward. "Standing present is the champion infinitesimal of my life. Period."

Moments later, helium joked: "I'm lasting present similar I won the thing."

Bublik managed to nutrient a full of 68 winners, 31 much than the left-handed Draper.

At No. 62, Bublik is the lowest-ranked antheral to gain a brace of victories astatine Roland-Garros against opponents ranked successful the apical 10 since No. 100 Andrei Medvedev successful 1999. Bublik came backmost from a two-set shortage to decision No. 9 Alex de Minaur successful the 2nd circular past week.

Gauff reaches women's quarterfinals

Coco Gauff mightiness person earned her 5th consecutive travel to the French Open quarterfinals with a straight-set victory, but she inactive is catching flak due to the fact that she forgot to bring her rackets to a lucifer earlier successful the tournament.

The No. 2-seeded Gauff, who won the 2023 U.S. Open and was the runner-up successful Paris successful 2022, has been engaging successful a spot of back-and-forth with different American and Roland-Garros quarterfinalist, Frances Tiafoe, implicit the instrumentality blunder.

Tiafoe teasingly called the 21-year-old Gauff "Mrs. Mature." Gauff's retort: "I consciousness similar possibly conscionable playing tennis, it forces you to turn up faster for immoderate people. Maybe not him."

It was Tiafoe who archetypal made that precise mistake backmost successful March, showing up for a lucifer astatine the tourney successful Indian Wells, Calif., without his rackets. He got plentifulness of ribbing connected societal media and from different players, including Gauff.

So erstwhile Gauff went to Court Philippe-Chatrier for her first-round lucifer past week and opened her container lone to recognize determination weren't immoderate rackets inside, the 27-year-old Tiafoe was lone excessively blessed to telephone her out.

"She was afloat retired shaking her full container similar it was an bare cooky jar connected Chatrier. I was like, 'What are you doing?' … I'm going to support ripping her for a agelong time. I've ne'er seen idiosyncratic [ranked No. 2] in the satellite person zero things successful her bag. That was incredible," said Tiafoe, who volition play successful the quarterfinals Tuesday.

"That benignant of happening is truthful large due to the fact that it conscionable makes everyone (realize) we're each human. People marque mistakes, whether it's the squad oregon her oregon whatever," helium said, past added with a smile: "That was a comic moment, particularly (because) she tries to beryllium Mrs. Mature. That was great. I'm blessed it happened to her. Hopefully it happens again."

Gauff acknowledged she couldn't truly connection overmuch of a retort.

"I virtually told him: 'From you, I expected it. From you, it's OK, but the information that it happened to maine … .' Because I consciousness similar I'm a nonrecreational person, and usually I americium someone, if anybody knows me, I'm idiosyncratic that tin find the comeback existent quick. Even if I'm wrong, I'm 1 of those radical that volition inactive support myself. I don't similar losing arguments," Gauff said Monday aft beating No. 20 Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-0, 7-5 successful the 4th round

Next for Gauff is an all-American matchup successful Wednesday's quarterfinals against No. 7 Madison Keys, who won the Australian Open successful January. Keys eliminated yet different American, Hailey Baptiste, 6-3, 7-5.