Paris, June 5 -- Novak Djokovic continued his quest for a standalone record 25th Grand Slam
title by swatting aside third seed Alexander Zverev to reach the French Open semi-finals.
The 38-year-old sixth seed won 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 to set up a meeting with world number one Jannik Sinner on Friday.
Djokovic, who has three Roland Garros titles, lost the opening set to 2024 runner-up Zverev after being broken in the first game of the match on Wednesday.
But the Serb great did not drop serve again, although he had to survive a 41-shot exchange on break point at 3-2 in the fourth set on his way to sealing a record-extending 51st Grand Slam semi-final appearance.
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