Djokovic drops first 2 sets, surges to win French Open for 19th Grand Slam title

After dropping the first two sets of the match, Novak Djokovic surged to defeat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to win the French Open on Sunday. It's the 19th Grand Slam victory for the Serbian, placing him just one back of the record holders, his contemporaries Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.

Despite his historic success on the tour, Djokovic had only won at Roland Garros once before, in 2016. Paris is typically where Nadal reigns, but Djokovic edged him in the semifinals on Friday.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.