{"id":7004,"date":"2012-06-04T10:02:38","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T10:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=7004"},"modified":"2012-06-04T10:02:38","modified_gmt":"2012-06-04T10:02:38","slug":"federer-djokovic-rally-to-advance-into-last-8-at-french-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=7004","title":{"rendered":"Federer, Djokovic rally to advance into last 8 at French Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/tennis\/federer-roger.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Federer, Djokovic rally to advance into last 8 at French Open\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" \/>Paris:<\/strong>Third seed Roger Federer came back from one set down to beat Belgian newcomer David Goffin 5-7, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open while top-seeded Novak Djokovic recovered from two sets down to beat Italian Andreas Seppi 4-6, 6-7 (5\/7), 6-3, 7-5, 6-3.<\/p>\n<p>Federer, seeking a record 17th grand slam title, will play either Argentine Juan Martin del Potro, the ninth seed, or seventh-seed Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic in the last eight.<\/p>\n<p>Serb Djokovic won his 25th straight Grand Slam match but needed four hours and 18 minutes Sunday to do so against the 22nd-seeded Seppi.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was very fortunate to come through to this match,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was fighting, when I was two sets down, I believed I could win the match, and I think, you know, that&#8217;s the only positive I can really pick from today&#8217;s match,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Seppi controlled the first two sets, setting up points by moving Djokovic around and breaking his serve three times.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic found another gear, however, and will move on to his 12th straight Grand Slam quarter-final.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, women&#8217;s top seed Victoria Azarenka crashed out of French Open as she lost to Slovakian 15th seed Dominika Cibulkova 6-2 7-6 (7\/4). Azarenka looked distraught at the press conference and struggling for words. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know how to describe my performance really today, it wasn&#8217;t satisfying being out there playing that way,&#8221; she said. &#8220;She&#8217;s definitely a good player. I think she plays much better against the top players than maybe a little bit lower ranked players. She really has that desire, and I don&#8217;t know what motivates her to play that way,&#8221; she added. <strong>(IANS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/tennis\/federer-roger.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Federer, Djokovic rally to advance into last 8 at French Open\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" \/>Paris:<\/strong>Third seed Roger Federer came back from one set down to beat Belgian newcomer David Goffin 5-7, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open while top-seeded Novak Djokovic recovered from two sets down to beat Italian Andreas Seppi 4-6, 6-7 (5\/7), 6-3, 7-5, 6-3.<\/p>\n<p>Federer, seeking a record 17th grand slam title, will play either Argentine Juan Martin del Potro, the ninth seed, or seventh-seed Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic in the last eight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[4638,761,234],"class_list":["post-7004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-french-open","tag-french-open","tag-novak-djokovic","tag-roger-federer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Federer, Djokovic rally to advance into last 8 at French Open - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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