Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates after winning his first round match against Sweden's Mikael Ymer in Paris September 30, 2020. ― Reuters pic
The world number one has dropped just 15 games in three rounds, improving his record this season to 34 wins against one loss ahead of a meeting with 15th seed Karen Khachanov. “That’s the only thing that might help on a mental preparation to be ready for whatever happens,” he added.Only Djokovic has won more titles in 2020 than Andrey Rublev, the Russian 13th seed who plays world number 63 Marton Fucsovics, the first Hungarian man in the second week since Balazs Taroczy in 1984.
World number 186 Altmaier is just the fourth man in 20 years to reach the round of 16 on his Grand Slam debut.Only four seeds remain in the women’s draw, with No. 4 Kenin the second highest left behind third seed Elina Svitolina following the exit of title favourite Simona Halep. “It’s not easy, everyone is playing their best tennis at the Grand Slams. But I definitely feel like I should get deep in a tournament.”