15:56
Djokovic 3-5 Khachanov
With Khachanov, the first serves work pretty well. When the first serve comes, he’s got the point 11 out of 13 times. With an ace through the middle, the Russian puts the lid on his service game and is one step closer to winning the first set.
15:52
Djokovic 3-4 Khachanov
Djokovic gets a cue ball with the backhand longline. Khachanov thinks: “I can do that too”, but still struggles with the precision of this shot. His backhand flies sideways and the Serb stays on it.
15:51
Djokovic 2-4 Khachanov
Djokovic is the first to play the backhand stop. Khachanov’s answer is ideal. He plays the counter stop in the cross variant and waits for Djokovic’s next cross ball. This allows Khachanov to stay in front and lift the ball longline into the field. He still has to follow up with the smash, but it’s completely easy.
15:48
Djokovic 2-4 Khachanov
Strong combination from Djokovic! He serves wide, opens the field to complete his forehand longline into the free corner, 15:0.
15:47
Djokovic 2-4 Khachanov
With a strong first serve to the outside, the Russian doesn’t let anything burn and brings the break through.
15:47
Djokovic 2-3 Khachanov
Karen Khachanov makes no mistakes up to 40:0. Then he takes a lot of risk and wants to put his forehand inside-in, but misses the single field. Djokovic’s flat slice follows, which in turn throws Khachanov out of the flow of the game. Will it be tight again?
15:45
Djokovic 2-3 Khachanov
The first point on serve by Khachanov goes to the Russian, who also responds to his opponent’s longline return with a longline ball. Djokovic was on his way back to the middle and couldn’t switch in time.
15:44
Djokovic 2-3 Khachanov
There’s the break! Fully deserved, Khachanov rewarded himself for the good start to the game. He goes around the backhand, pulls his forehand cross through and takes the 3:2 lead in the first set. Can he confirm the early break?
15:42
Djokovic 2-2 Khachanov
Djokovic is already gesturing wildly towards his box. After eleven minutes he puts his backhand in the net seemingly carelessly and it seems like he needs a drink made especially for him. There were similar scenes in the game against the Spaniard Davidovich Fokina.
15:41
Djokovic 2-2 Khachanov
Karen Khachanov has one more break opportunity. The Russian prepares the point win perfectly. With the backhand cross, he pushes Djokovic far out so that he can only bring back a high ball. Khachanov has the entire field available for the smash and puts it narrowly, but clearly, wide. He has to deal with that first!
15:38
Djokovic 2-2 Khachanov
Khachanov wants to keep the next rally short and hits the stop ball early. Djokovic advances, has to follow up on the volley, but scores the point with his back to the net. In the next rally, Djokovic brings his opponent forward, but Khachanov is wide awake here too. He rushes forward and gets the next debut with the backhand longline winner.
15:37
Djokovic 2-2 Khachanov
Djokovic goes around his backhand and builds his forehand longline right on the baseline. A breakball stays! Neither of them takes the full risk, but after 25 shots it happens. Khachanov’s backhand slides too far and only comes up in the double field. It’s about debut for the first time.
15:34
Djokovic 2-2 Khachanov
Djokovic is clearly struggling with the wind in Paris. His ball throw doesn’t fit and so Khachanov shoots his way to the next winner with his return, which gives him two break chances at the same time.
15:33
Djokovic 2-2 Khachanov
Strongly fought by the 27-year-old! After 18 shots, Khachanov ends the rally with a forehand cross winner. Before that, Djokovic looked like the winner of the rally for a long time, but the edge of the net threw him out of rhythm.
15:31
Djokovic 2-2 Khachanov
The next stop, this time played with a backhand, comes from Khachanov. This time, however, the ball is not placed so dangerously and Djokovic can stand up. Khachanov starts to praise, but Djokovic uses this smash to win the first point.
15:30
Djokovic 2-2 Khachanov
At 15, the Russian gets through his service game and keeps up well at first.
15:30
Djokovic 2-1 Khachanov
Cleverly solved by Khachanov. With a good forehand stop, he lures Djokovic out of reserve, who only gets the ball with great difficulty. The praise is not enough, but Djokovic Smash is not really well hit. The ball only drips in on the other side, so Khachanov can cross his forehand to the passing ball.
15:26
Djokovic 2-1 Khachanov
Two more mistakes by the 27-year-old, a light one and a forehand stop out of necessity, which only missed the individual field by a hair’s breadth, bring Novak Djokovic the next game win.
15:24
Djokovic 1-1 Khachanov
The backhand from the Russian lands in front of Djokovic’s feet. He doesn’t move away, takes his backhand from the middle to the angle and just doesn’t stand up well to the ball. The ball lands more than well behind the field.
15:23
Djokovic 1-1 Khachanov
The number eleven in the world only hits the edge of the net with his forehand and the ball jumps into doubles. The next forehand return lands immediately in the net, 30:0.
15:22
Djokovic 1-1 Khachanov
The 27-year-old then throws in the first double fault. He puts in a service winner to the outside and an ace through the middle and calmly equalizes to 1:1 in the first set.
15:20
Djokovic 1-0 Khachanov
Karen Khachanocv opens with a straight serve through the middle. The first longer rally occurs, in which the Russian keeps calm. Djokovic wants to get to the point, picks up the pace with his forehand and puts the ball in the net.
15:19
Djokovic 1-0 Khachanov
After two forehand errors by Khachanov, it is now Djokovic who misplaces his forehand without need. With the kick serve, he prepares the last point well again and forces the Russian to make a cross error with his backhand.
15:16
Djokovic 0-0 Khachanov
Novak Djokovic opens twice with serves to Khachanov’s forehand side. This is a bit of the Russian’s weak point, which Djokovic immediately exploits.
15:14
Djokovic 0-0 Khachanov
Karen Khachanov emerged victorious from the coin toss and opted for return. For this reason, Novak Djokovic will open the game with his own serve.
15:09
players are there
A few moments ago, the players arrived at Court Philippe-Chatrier. Four minutes of warm-up time remain before the quarter-finals can begin.
15:00
favorite role
Even if the number three in the world plays against the eleventh in the world rankings, the role of favorites is clearly divided. Novak Djokovic is the favorite in almost all games. The Head 2 Head also speaks a clear language. In nine matches, the Serb left the field as the winner a total of eight times. Only in 2018 did Khachanov prevail in the final at the ATP Masters 1000 in Paris.
14:56
Without losing a sentence
With Novak Djokovic, however, there is someone on the other side who you would prefer not to meet as an opponent until the final. The Serb can look back on a total of 22 Grand Slam titles and is highly motivated to win title number 23 and thus become the sole record holder. He currently shares this position with Rafael Nadal. However, there is a small question mark behind the physical fitness of the 36-year-old, because he recently confirmed that it “tweaks here and there”. So far, however, he has not shown any sign of this in the course of the tournament. He completed all matches confidently in three sets and sent home Aleksandar Kovacevic, Marton Fucsovics, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Juan Pablo Varillas one after the other.
14:53
Khachanov constant in Paris
Karen Khachanov and the French Open actually go quite well together. In 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2022 the Russian made it into the last 16 players. In 2019 it was even enough for the quarterfinals, in which Khachanov lost out against Dominic Thiem. Even now things are going well for the 27-year-old. Should he get another win today, he would equal his best performance here in France. On his way to the quarter-finals, the current world number 11 took Constant Lestienne, Radu Albot, Thanasi Kokkinakis and Lorenzo Sonego out of the tournament.
14:49
Sabalenka is through
Aryna Sabalenka beat Elis Svitolina 6: 4 and 6: 4. This makes her the second player to reach the semi-finals after Karolína Muchová. This means that the court is free for the next game in just a few minutes.
13:17
Welcome
Good day and welcome to another day at the French Open. Novak Djokovic and Karen Khachanov are scheduled for the third match on the Philippe-Chatrier court. The women’s match between Svitolina and Sabalenka only started a few minutes ago, so the men are probably not expected on the court before 2:45 p.m. We’ll get back to you in time with the live ticker and further information!