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Tennis: After upset loss at French Open, Novak Djokovic may skip Wimbledon

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/sports/06/06/djokovic-rtr-2018-2018-060518.jpg"/><figcaption>Novak Djokovic said he does not know if will play the grass-court season after tumbling out of the French Open on Tuesday. Pascal Rossignol, Reuters</figcaption></figure></div>PARIS—Novak Djokovic said he does not know if will play the grass-court season after tumbling out of the French Open on Tuesday.The Serb, a 3-time Wimbledon champion, appeared distraught after his quarterfinal defeat by unseeded Marco Cecchinato, in which he was treated for neck pain.&quot;I don&#x27;t know if I&#x27;m going to play on grass,&quot; Djokovic told a media conference room minutes after walking off court. World No. 72 Cecchinato became the first Italian man in 40 years to reach a Grand Slam semifinal on Tuesday with a breathtaking 6-3, 7-6 (4), 1-6, 7-6 (13) victory over 12-time major winner Djokovic.Cecchinato, who had never won a Grand Slam match in his career before Roland Garros, goes on to face Austrian seventh seed Dominic Thiem for a place in Sunday&#x27;s final.In an epic fourth set tiebreaker, Djokovic saved 3 match points but wasted 3 set points, as Cecchinato became the lowest-ranked man in the semi-finals in Paris since 100th-ranked Andrei Medvedev in 1999.In a roller-coaster of a quarterfinal, both men were warned for coaching, 2016 champion Djokovic required two medical timeouts while the Italian was docked a point for unsportsmanlike behavior.Djokovic had also squandered three set points in the second set and failed to serve out the fourth in the ninth game after being 5-2 in front.In an extraordinary post-match press conference, Djokovic then said he may even skip Wimbledon where he has been champion three times.&quot;I don&#x27;t know if I am going to play on grass,&quot; said the Serb.Cecchinato said he was stunned by his triumph, coming just two years after his career was almost derailed when he became embroiled in match fixing allegations.&quot;Maybe I&#x27;m sleeping. It&#x27;s amazing, it&#x27;s unbelievable for me. I&#x27;m very happy because it&#x27;s unbelievable to beat Novak Djokovic in a quarter-final at Roland Garros. It&#x27;s amazing,&quot; said the 25-year-old who is the first Italian to get this far at a Slam since Corrado Barazzutti at Roland Garros in 1978.&quot;I was two breaks down on the tie-breaker and I had two or three match points and then on the fourth one I was very tired.&quot;Djokovic saluted Cecchinato who he warmly embraced at the net.&quot;He played amazing, so congratulations for a great performance,&quot; he said.&quot;I struggled at the beginning and also had a little injury at the beginning. After then I warmed up and it was better, but yeah, just a pity that I couldn&#x27;t capitalize on some break points at 4-1 in the fourth set.&quot;<div>- Thiem routs stricken Zverev -</div>Thiem reached his third successive French Open semi-final with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 demolition of a hobbled and exhausted Alexander Zverev who admitted he was close to quitting the tie.German second seed Zverev simply ran out of gas, paying a heavy price for needing three successive five-set matches to reach his first Grand Slam quarter-final.His Roland Garros marathon also left him physically drained -- he needed his left thigh strapped in the second set.&quot;He is one of the fittest guys on the tour so it was difficult for him today,&quot; said Thiem, the only man to have defeated 10-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal on clay this year.&quot;I hope we have many more matches at the Grand Slams but when we are 100 percent.&quot;<div>(Reporting by Martyn Herman, editing by Christian Radnedge for Reuters; With a report from Dave James, Agence France-Presse)</div>(For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.)

Marco Cecchinato, who had never won a Grand Slam match in his career before Roland Garros, goes on to face Austria's Dominic Thiem in the semifinals.

Marco Cecchinato, who had never won a Grand Slam match in his career before Roland Garros, goes on to face Austria's Dominic Thiem in the semifinals.