Valentin Royer vs Novak Djokovic — R64 — French Open

Three hours and 37 minutes of attrition, and the gap came down to who cashed his return chances: Djokovic converted 6 of 9 break points (67%), while Valentin Royer managed just 2 of 7 (29%). The Frenchman's only crack came in the third set, where he saved enough to force a tiebreak and steal it 9-7, briefly threatening to drag this into a fifth. But Djokovic's first serve — 78% of first-serve points won to Royer's 67% — held firm down the stretch, and he broke twice more in the fourth to close it out 3-6, 2-6, 7-6(7), 3-6. Royer's nine break points went mostly unconverted; Djokovic's didn't.