Djokovic Struggles Into French-Open Semis

World number one Novak Djokovic overcame early physical struggles to beat Pablo Carreno Busta and reach the French Open semi-finals.The Serb arrived on court with tape on his neck, repeatedly massaged his left biceps and grimaced on his way to losing the first set, but went on to win 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4.It was a rematch of September’s US Open encounter where Djokovic was defaulted for hitting a line judge with a ball.Djokovic faces Stefanos Tsitsipas next.”I definitely didn’t feel great coming into the court today,” Djokovic, 33, told a news conference.”A few things happened in the warm-up. I had to deal with those physical issues coming on to the court. As the match went on, I felt better, didn’t feel as much pain.”But, you know, I don’t want to take away anything from his good performance. Especially for a set and a half he was the better player, dictating the play.”It was just 31 days since the pair met in the US Open fourth round and the Serb was disqualified after taking an angry swipe at a ball and sending it accidentally into the throat of a line judge. BBC