Novak Djokovic avenged his 2018 championship match defeat to Karen Khachanov in type on Thursday on the Rolex Paris Masters, the place the Serbian delivered a commanding efficiency for a 6-4, 6-1 third-round victory.
With the win, Djokovic prolonged his successful streak in tour-level matches to 11. It was additionally an eleventh straight victory for the Serbian on the ATP Masters 1000 occasion in Paris, the place he has not misplaced since he fell to Khachanov within the 2018 closing.
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The sixth-seeded Djokovic appeared in a assured temper after his opening win in opposition to Maxime Cressy however he was initially pegged again by Khachanov, who recovered an early 0-3 deficit to attract stage within the opening set. The World No. 19 had little pleasure in opposition to the free-flowing Djokovic from that time on, nevertheless, because the Serbian transformed 4 of eight break factors and struck 17 winners to wrap an 87-minute win.
Djokovic is chasing a record-extending seventh title on the indoor hard-court occasion within the French capital and a record-extending thirty ninth Masters 1000 crown general. His quarter-final opponent in Paris can be Lorenzo Musetti, who upset third seed Casper Ruud 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 earlier on Thursday.
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