Novak Djokovic, who was injured the day before in the round of 16, withdrew on Tuesday June 4 due to “ a lesion of the medial meniscus of the right knee » detected during an MRI, the organizers announced, and will leave the place of world No.1 to Jannik Sinner at the end of Roland-Garros. The 37-year-old Serbian beat Francisco Cerundolo on Monday using a high dose of anti-inflammatories, and was due to face Norwegian Casper Ruud in the quarter-finals on Wednesday. Djokovic, defending champion in Paris, had to go to the final to have a chance of remaining on the world throne. Djokovic will have spent a record 428 weeks at the top of the world hierarchy.
Injured Novak Djokovic withdraws from quarter-finals
