For the best part of two hours on Monday afternoon, Novak Djokovic seemed destined to be parting from his French open crown as he limped and languished his way through the third and fourth sets against the 23rd seed Francisco Cerundolo.
But the 25-year-old Argentine failed to kill him off and the 37-year-old Serb recovered to complete an extraordinary 6-1, 5-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 victory in four hours and 39 minutes.
