Novak Djokovic accidentally struck a line judge with a ball during his latest straight sets win at the French Open, as the world number one continued his record of not yet having dropped a set in the tournament.

Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta after striking a line judge with a ball in frustration.With the incident at Roland

Garros being a complete accident, there was no danger of a repeat of the dramatic moments in New York

Garros, after Carreno Busta defeated German qualifier Daniel Altmaier 6-2 7-5 6-2.Stefanos Tsitsipas

first on Court Philippe Chatrier prior to two men's and two women's quarter-finals.As the main court at Roland

Garros is now equipped with a roof, weather delays should not affect any remaining matches in the singles

France's Nicolas Mahut found himself in a bizarre spitting controversy during a doubles match at this year's French Open, after being warned for violating the rarely-enforced rule.

Spitting is against the rules at Roland Garros, with the umpire informing the supervisor that Mahut had

(@drivevolleys) October 4, 2020Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Roland Garros organisers have introduced

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Austrian eventually prevailed ©Getty ImagesOn a variable day of weather, a rainbow could be seen over the Roland

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World number one Novak Djokovic has claimed line judges in the sport should be replaced by Hawk-Eye technology.

and Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas are among the players to have called for organisers of the event at Roland

Garros to implement Hawk-Eye at the tournament.Debate has raged over the French Open's refusal to use

World number one Novak Djokovic produced another commanding performance as he despatched Colombian qualifier Daniel Elahi Galán to reach the fourth round of the French Open.

Djokovic, chasing his second title at Roland Garros, followed Rafael Nadal in only dropping five games

clinching a 6-2, 7-6, 6-4 triumph.Czech seventh seed Petra Kvitová is through to the fourth round at Roland

Garros for the first time since 2015 ©Getty ImagesThe German will play Pablo Carreño Busta in the next

as he dropped just five games in a comfortable third-round victory over Italy's Stefano Travaglia at Roland

Garros.

-year-old wildcard becomes the first man ranked outside the world's top 200 to reach the last 16 at Roland

Garros since 2002.In the women's draw, top seed Simona Halep of Romania needed only 54 minutes to thrash

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among the other winners in the men's draw ©Getty ImagesPlay continued as the sun set on day five at Roland

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cruised into the third round of the French Open after sweeping aside Lithuania's Ričardas Berankis at Roland

Garros.

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but it did not stop her upsetting Victoria Azarenka ©Getty ImagesThe addition of floodlights to the Roland

Garros complex has enabled action to continue on all courts after dark ©Getty ImagesBallkids warm-up

Rafael Nadal and Simona Halep, considered the favourites for the men's and women's singles competitions respectively, were among the winners on the fourth day of the French Open.

moved to the main Phillippe Chatrier court following Williams' withdrawal.On the men's side, 12-time Roland

Garros champion Nadal looked in ominous form as the Spaniard comprehensively beat American Mackenzie

Spanish tennis player Fernando Verdasco has threatened legal action against the organisers of the French Open after he was forced to withdraw from the tournament following a positive COVID-19 test.

Do I want to sue Roland Garros? Yes obviously," said Verdasco."

Nobody can believe that a tournament like Roland Garros can do that."

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winning in two close sets against Japan's Misaki Doi ©Getty ImagesThe addition of floodlights to the Roland

Garros complex has allowed matches to continue late into the evening ©Getty ImagesOwing to the coronavirus

Men's top seed Novak Djokovic enjoyed a straightforward win as the first round of the men's and women's singles concluded at the French Open in Paris.

as he beat Sweden's Mikael Ymer 6-0 6-2 6-3.On the third day of the tournament on the clay courts of Roland

Garros, matches in the men's draw went to form as all the top seeds progressed.Stefanos Tsitsipas, the

Spain's Rafael Nadal, who is the defending men's singles champion, cruised through in his opening match at the French Open against Belarus' Egor Gerasimov, but on a dramatic second day of action fourth seed Daniil Medvedev crashed out in four sets at the hands of Hungary's Marton Fucsovics.

second seed, has won the title for the past three consecutive years and started his quest for a 13th Roland

Garros crown with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 win over Gerasimov.Under the floodlights, now installed on all courts

around the Roland Garros complex as part of major improvements to the site, Medvedev became the highest

Garros ©Getty ImagesIn the women's singles, sixth seed Serena Williams of the United States was made

Garros would draw Williams level with Australia's Margaret Court on 24 Grand Slam titles at the top

Players at the French Open with medical documents confirming they have tested positive for COVID-19 before the Grand Slam began are not in danger of being thrown out of the tournament, according to reports.

reported.The issue had been raised after six players were banned from entering qualification for the event at Roland

Garros after they or a member of their entourage tested positive for COVID-19.According to reports,