Novak Djokovic completed a rain-affected clash against Roberto Bautista Agut on Wednesday for a place in the Roland Garros quarter-finals.
Top seed Djokovic, who has finished runner-up on three occasions, won 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-5 in three hours and 16 minutes to reach his 28th successive Grand Slam championship quarter-final. He will next play sixth seed Tomas Berdych or No. 11 seed and 2013 finalist David Ferrer.
Djokovic, who is aiming to complete the career Grand Slam this year with a maiden title at Roland Garros, was made to work extremely hard in a match that was affected by rain delays.
The world number one was poor in the first set and numerous errors, including a couple of glaring misses at the net, gave his Spanish opponent an early lead. However, that early setback sparked the 29-year-old into action and he took the next set before steamrolling Agut, who was suffering with a foot injury, in the third.
It was much tighter between the pair in the fourth and final set but it was Djokovic who managed to produce the goods to edge ahead before serving out the match.
French Open Update : World No 1 Advances To Quarter - Finals
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