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Patna : Top seed and 2016 French Open Champion Novak Djokovic, 33, Serbia, beat 17th seed Pablo Carreno Busta, 29, Spain, in four-sets in quarter-finals on October 7, 2020, late night, to set up a semi-finals clash with 5th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, 22, Greece, at French Open, a Grand Slam tennis tournament, on October 9, 2020. Djokovic beat Busta 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 in QFs on Philippe-Chatrier court at Roland Garros, Paris, France, rallying back from one set down.
Djokovic, the winner of 17 Grand Slam titles including 8 Australian Open titles, won 6 break points in the match to 3 by the Spainiard. The Serbian though committed 5 double faults to 3 by Busta. Djokovic, in all, won 130 points in the match to 113 by Busta. The Serbian won 5 games in a row to 3 by the Spainiard. Djokovic served 2 Aces to 3 by Busta. The Serbian now leads Busta 4-1 Head to Head.
Tsitsipas beat 13th seed Andrey Rublev, 22, Russia, in straight sets 7-5, 6-2, 6-3 in QFs on Philippe-Chatrier court on October 7, 2020, to reach the semi-finals. Both the players fired 7 Aces each in the match. But, the Greek won 5 break points to just 1 by Rublev. Tsitsipas won 102 points to 73 by the Russian. Tsitsipas won 5 games in a row in the match to 3 by Rublev.