Tennis: Djokovic, Alcaraz reach French Open last 16 as Pegula, Rublev exit

  PARIS - Novak Djokovic battled into the French Open fourth round for a 14th consecutive year on Friday as Carlos Alcaraz also progressed, after women's third seed Jessica Pegula and men's seventh-ranked Andrey Rublev were dumped out of the tournament. Djokovic has made headlines for his comments about Kosovo this week but his on-court progress has been relatively serene, reaching the second week without dropping a set. The Serb star was made to work hard by Spanish 29th seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, who served for the first set and missed a set point in the second, but won 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 on Court Philippe Chatrier. "I thought if I lost the second set...Keep on reading: Tennis: Djokovic, Alcaraz reach French Open last 16 as Pegula, Rublev exit

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