World No.1 Andy Murray secured his place in the last eight at the French Open with a sweep over Karen Khachanov on Monday, setting up a quarter-final clash with Asian top-ranked Kei Nishikori. Djokovic, in stark contrast began to fade away and once he was broken in the very first game of the second set, Thiem began to build confidence.
"This is a quieter fashion tournament because we don't have four of the biggest runway-model tennis stars here", Rothenberg, who is also a tennis contributor to The New York Times, told CNN at Roland Garros. That was only the second time that Djokovic lost a final set by the score of 6-0 in his 937 career tour-level matches.
He is now in a record-equalling 11th quarter-final at Roland Garros and 31st at all the majors.
On a sunny Court Philippe Chatrier, she lobbed Garcia from the back of the court to give herself two match points.
In a match dubbed "the final before the final", Romanian Simona Halep plays Ukraine's Elina Svitolina.
The last set whizzed by in 20 minutes as Djokovic appeared to be going through the motions - falling short of a seventh successive French Open semi-final.
Ostapenko is the first woman from Latvia to make it to a Grand Slam semifinal in the professional era. Nadal is the greatest French Open player of all time but hasn't won the tournament since 2014.
"You have to play the best guys round after round".
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Novak Djokovic insisted Wednesday that he still has the hunger to regain his status as the best player in the world, but did not rule out taking a break from the sport.
The defending champion from Serbia lost to sixth-seeded Dominic Thiem 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-0 in the quarterfinals.
If Nadal and Djokovic win, they would face each other Friday.
Djokovic's resounding victory over Thiem in the Rome semifinals last month might have been misleading, since the 23-year-old Austrian was coming off an emotional victory over Nadal 24 hours earlier.
The second-seeded Djokovic had two set points in the opener but couldn't convert either.
"It's hard to comment (on) the third set".
Pretty insane stat, but Novak Djokovic had played 905 consecutive sets in Grand Slam play since losing one 6-0.
After lifting his first title at Roland Garros last year, to become the first man in 47 years to hold all four grand slam titles, Djokovic has struggled for form and results on all courts.
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