Djokovic relieved after fightback

Novak Djokovic was a relieved man after fighting back from two sets to love down for the third time in his career to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open.

A fourth consecutive Grand Slam title looked an awfully long way away while the world number one was struggling against Italy’s Andreas Seppi, but he eventually recovered to win 4-6 6-7 (5/7) 6-3 7-5 6-3.

After the exit of women’s top seed Victoria Azarenka, it briefly looked like being one of the most dramatic days in French Open history, with Djokovic in serious trouble and Roger Federer also trailing to lucky loser David Goffin.