Roland-Garros: heroic, Djokovic triumphs a second time in Paris

This man gets up from everything.

Led two sets to zero in the final of the Roland-Garros men's tournament, Novak Djokovic achieved another tour de force this Sunday in Paris against the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Not a magic trick, but a lesson in resistance and perseverance to win in five sets (6-7, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4) and win their 19th Grand Slam title .

At 34, the Serbian turbo diesel is now a small unit from the Spaniard, whom he dismissed Friday night after an anthology duel in the semi-finals, and Roger Federer.

He also becomes the first player of the Open era - the third in history with Roy Emerson and Rod Laver - to have lifted all four Grand Slam trophies at least twice.

“Mentally and physically, it was very difficult the last two or three days.

It's a dream come true once again, ”said the native of Belgrade after the meeting, in front of his parents and his wife.

A rock like in the previous rounds

This final, lasting four hours and eleven minutes, will take place in three acts.

For a long time, Tsitsipas, in search of a first Major and pushed by the audience of Le Chatrier, was the sharpest in the exchange.

Carried by a big serve, the colossus of Athens dictated the pace like the decisive game of the first set won after conceding a set point.

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We thought Djokovic lost to the cause, even more after the loss of the second set.

He was in fact the round back, refusing to annoy his weakness in second ball and on the fly ... before flying over the debates in a game much less exciting to tie two innings everywhere.

The world number one had already been able to be so imperturbable during the previous rounds.

First, in his round of 16 against Lorenzo Musetti, another toddler broken by the intensity imposed by Nole over the course of the match, who also led two sets to nothing.

We also think of Berrettini, back to two sets to one, and of course of Nadal, who was disillusioned from the third set.

This Sunday, the fifth and last set was a bit more hooked.

But the rocking had already been done in the heads and the legs.

And the Novak Wall is not the type to break what it took so long to build.