The 24-time Grand Slam winner won’t be happy with Roland Garros officials as he’s handed the Saturday night session for the second year running – having wanted to avoid it due to the Champions League final
Novak Djokovic has seen his request not to play the Saturday night session at the French Open SNUBBED. Now the 24-time Grand Slam champion – an AC Milan fan – will miss the Champions League final for the second consecutive year.
The Roland Garros scheduling is continuing to cause controversy with no women’s matches allocated to a single of the night sessions again this year.
Djokovic played on the middle Saturday here last year – and his match against Lorenzo Musetti did not finish until 3am. He suffered a knee injury in his next match and had to pull out.
Speaking after his second round win on Thursday, the Serbian superstar announced he will be supporting Paris Saint-Germain and said: “I will definitely watch it if I’m not playing the night session. Yeah, that will be nice. FYI, Roland Garros schedule!”
But the 24-time Grand Slam champion will play Austrian qualifier Filip Misolic at 8.15pm on Saturday – starting just before the big kickoff in Munich.
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