This French Open is why Novak Djokovic plays on. Can the master of Grand Slam rhythm capitalize?

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This French Open is why Novak Djokovic plays on. Can the master of Grand Slam rhythm capitalize?

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This French Open is why Novak Djokovic plays on. Can the master of Grand Slam rhythm capitalize?
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The Athletic has live coverage from Day 6 of the French Open PARIS -- When Novak Djokovic took a pummeling from Jannik Sinner at Wimbledon last year, and then another from Carlos Alcaraz at the U.S. Open a couple of months later, he was 38. His being able to beat one, let alone both, of the two best men's tennis players in the world, at a Slam, felt completely fanciful.

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