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Mats Wilander could not believe the superhuman nature of Novak Djokovic after the world No. 1 remarkably came back from two sets to one down to defeat Lorenzo Musetti past 3am at the French Open. The Serb finally came through the Italian No. 30 seed 7-5 6-7(6) 2-6 6-3 6-0 on Court Philippe-Chatrier, and he will face the Argentine 23rd seed, Francisco Cerundolo, in the last 16.
It mightily impressed Wilander, himself a three-time French Open winner, who said that Djokovic roaring back was “a perfect example of what champions are able to do”.
“All credit to Musetti, but how [Djokovic] turns around 2-6 in the third to then 6-3 and then 6-0,” Wilander explained. “I mean, it’s amazing.
“The guy is not a human being, he becomes an animal on the best courts in the world; such a perfect example of what great champions are able to do even when things are not going their way the whole time.
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It’s one of the reasons he’s still out there and still beating records, because initially he doesn’t care about records, he cares about beating Musetti only for four and a half hours until three o’clock in the morning until someone reminds him.
“‘Yes, I know I’ve broken another record’, but for him, the day-to-day business is what is so amazing and what we couldn’t do for that long. He is 37 years old, and he’s still living day to day, moment to moment. How do you do that, Novak?
“This kind of match, you’d think ‘Get out of here, Novak. Go home, you have kids at home’. But he refuses to do that.”
The top seed in the men’s draw will face Francisco Cerundolo in the last 16, after the Argentine defeated the American No. 14 seed Tommy Paul in four sets.
