{"id":52099,"date":"2025-05-30T02:28:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T02:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=52099"},"modified":"2025-05-30T02:28:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T02:28:18","slug":"moment-tennis-fan-spots-novak-djokovic-cycling-around-paris-on-the-eve-of-french-open-second-round-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=52099","title":{"rendered":"Moment tennis fan spots Novak Djokovic cycling around Paris on the eve of French Open second-round clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Novak Djokovic<\/span>\u00a0surprised fans in Paris as he biked around the French capital – and narrowly avoided a hairy encounter at the famously lethal Arc du Triomphe roundabout on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n

The four-time\u00a0French Open<\/span>\u00a0champion has returned to Roland-Garros in improving form after a challenging season on clay saw him knocked out in the first rounds of the Monte-Carlo Masters and the Madrid Open.<\/p>\n

Djokovic then plumped to bypass the Italian Open, and at the start of this month split with his coach – and former Big Four rival –\u00a0Andy Murray<\/span>, in a decision that both men have gone to lengths to stress was mutual.<\/p>\n

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Since calling time on his partnership with the three-time Grand Slam champion, Djokovic returned to the tour at the Geneva Open.<\/p>\n

The 38-year-old made history with his defeat of Hubert Hurkacz in the Swiss final, claiming his 100th ATP title and becoming just the second man in the Open era to do so.<\/p>\n

Tied with Margaret Court on 24 Grand Slam titles, Djokovic comes to Paris hungry to break her longstanding record on Court Philippe-Chatrier.<\/p>\n

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