Novak Djokovic produces dominant display to march into French Open quarter-finals with win over Juan Pablo Varillas

Novak Djokovic is now just three wins away from a historic 23rd Grand Slam title after beating Juan Pablo Varillas in straight sets to reach the French Open quarter-finals. The former world No.

1 is not just looking to return to the top of the rankings, but in the absence of Rafael Nadal he will be hoping to hunt down the Spaniard’s record of Grand Slam victories. Ad The Serbian defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the third round in straight sets, and at 36, Djokovic may have been looking for another less exacting physical match-up.

Roland-Garros'Extremely comfortable' — Djokovic wins second set in styleAN HOUR AGO His Peruvian opponent is ranked just within the top 100 and was the clear underdog, but wins against Roberto Bautista Agut and Hubert Hurkacz — both over the course of five sets — should have given him confidence that he could potentially trouble his opponent. The 27-year-old could point to a losing final against Lucas Van Assche at the San Remo Challenger in March as evidence of improvement in his game, and he is something of a late bloomer after making his debut at Roland-Garros last year.

Djokovic cruised to the first set 6-3, breaking the Peruvian No. 1 twice on his way.

'She's crying!' — Doubles pair disqualified after accidentally hitting ball kid 'You can compare Djokovic to Jordan' — NBA legend Parker 'Wow, ruthless!' — Wilander reacts to Swiatek's demolition of Wang Despite being broken early in the second, Varillas held his serve without dropping a point to stay in the second set at 2-1. However, Djokovic was able to manoeuvre his opponent across the court to open up spots for easy points throughout, and while Varillas added a second game to his tally in the second set, Djokovic was largely