Nole reached the third spherical at Roland Garros for the 18th consecutive yr.
Two-time Roland Garros champion Novak Djokovic continued his bid for a document twenty third main crown recording a 7-6 (2), 6-0, 6-3 win over world no.83 Marton Fucsovics on Wednesday.
The third seed produced a robust efficiency, breaking his rival eight instances from 12 alternatives.
Novak got here by a titanic 88-minute first set, claiming a tie-break 7-2 to achieve benefit. From then on, it was principally plain crusing for the 36-year-old Serbian star.
Djokovic prolonged his good ATP H2H sequence document towards the Hungarian to 5-0, and improved to 22-4 on the season after two hours and 44 minutes.
Match statistics: aces (2-1), double faults (3-6), winners (28-28), unforced errors (32-35).
Novak will subsequent meet no.29 seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (2-1 H2H document). The Spaniard defeated Luca van Assche 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (6).
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