Novak Djokovic Knocked Out of French Open After Shocking Loss to Brazil’s Joao Fonseca

Novak Djokovic after his French Open defeat on May 29, 2026
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NEED TO KNOW

  • Novak Djokovic is officially out of the French Open
  • The tennis star was knocked out of the tournament after he was defeated by João Fonseca
  • His loss came one day after top seed Jannik Sinner lost his own French Open match

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He continued to praise Djokovic as he said, “I was just trying to hit the ball as fast as I could, I mean Djokovic doesn’t miss and we still think he’s 20. At the end of the match he was more fit than me which is crazy and when the day was getting darker I felt much slower. In the beginning I was struggling with the heat and not feeling good.”

With disbelief, he noted, “I just believed I could do aces, it was crazy. I have never done that before I am super happy that I could finish like this.”

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