Novak Djokovic is into the second week of a Grand Slam in his 13th straight main begin, whereas Sofia Kenin prolonged a U.S. streak to 9 years on the French Open.

Djokovic crushed 153rd-ranked Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan 6-0, 6-3, 6-2 on Saturday to achieve the fourth spherical.

Perhaps essentially the most attention-grabbing second of the match got here throughout a 15-minute rain-forced delay to shut the roof, when Djokovic briefly took a brush and helped sweep the crushed crimson clay at Courtroom Philippe Chatrier.

Djokovic, the highest seed whose solely loss in 2020 got here when he was defaulted for inadvertently hitting a U.S. Open linesperson with a ball he struck in anger, subsequent will get 15th-seeded Russian Karen Khachanov on Monday.

Djokovic hasn’t misplaced greater than three video games in any of his first 9 units at Roland Garros, the place he eyes a second French Open title and an 18th Grand Slam title to maneuver inside one in all Rafael Nadal and inside two of the absent Roger Federer on the profession record. His 15 complete video games misplaced within the first three rounds ties Nadal’s document for gamers since 2000, based on Gracenote.

Djokovic is not going to play second-seeded Nadal, the 12-time French Open champion, till a doable remaining every week from Sunday.

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Earlier Saturday, No. Four seed Sofia Kenin ensured a U.S. lady made the second week of the French Open for a ninth straight 12 months, sweeping Romanian qualifier Irina Bara 6-2, 6-0.

Kenin, the Australian Open champion, gained the final 12 video games of the match after dropping the primary two.

She will get one other unseeded participant, Frenchwoman Fiona Ferro, within the fourth spherical on Monday.

“I really feel like I ought to get deep in a event,” mentioned Kenin, the best seed remaining in her half of the draw. “I’m a bit onerous on myself. It’s a bit of bit completely different mindset now coming into the slams [after winning the Australian Open].”

Tennis’ stoppage in March as a result of coronavirus pandemic was notably robust for Kenin. She had simply damaged via in Melbourne, plus gained a event within the final week earlier than the game was shut down.

“I used to be fairly devastated what occurred, in fact what’s happening all over the world. However talking about myself, it was clearly devastating,” she mentioned. “Clearly I used to be wanting ahead to the American swing and all of the American tournaments. I felt like I used to be enjoying a few of my greatest tennis, and simply all of it shut down.”

Kenin was later joined within the final 16 by countrywoman Danielle Collins, who upset 11th seed Garbine Muguruza 7-5, 2-6, 6-Four in a match that lasted 2 hours, 26 minutes and was performed on two completely different courts as a consequence of rain. Collins, 26, is into the second week of a serious for the second time, following up her shock 2019 Australian Open semifinal run.

Muguruza, the 2016 French Open champion, was the favourite within the backside half of the draw. As an alternative, Collins will get 30th seed Ons Jabeur of Tunisia.

A U.S. lady has reached the spherical of 16 on the final 24 majors, courting to 2014. The final time that didn’t occur at Roland Garros was 2011, a event that didn’t embrace Venus or Serena Williams.

Kenin, who knocked out Serena Williams within the third spherical in Paris final 12 months, has reached at the very least the spherical of 16 in all three majors this 12 months.

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