Novak Djokovic has unsurprisingly reached another quarterfinal at the French Open. He will never match Rafael Nadal's record number of titles at Roland Garros of 14, but likely no one will match Djokovic's record number of quarterfinals reached.
After the Serb defeated Cameron Norris in the fourth round, he will appear in his 19th quarterfinal at the clay-court Grand Slam. One reason Djokovic is the best player to ever pick up a racket is his consistency. He might not have won every tournament he entered, but he almost always put himself in a position to do so.
Against Norrie, Djokovic was at his most cruelly efficient. Unless a player has the same kind of talent level that the Serb has (and Norrie doesn't, just as very few players ever have), unless he finds a way to beat himself, he is going to be a difficult challenge.
Novak Djokovic defeats Cameron Norrie in straight sets in the French Open
Djokovic was so good against Norrie, making so many wonderful shots and ridiculous angles, that even the Paris crowd seemed to get used to the greatness. The match was so one-sided that the crowd hardly cheered. It was a methodical beatdown of a Brit who was struggling with conditioning.
The Serb had as many winners as unforced errors, while Norrie's unforced errors kept mounting. The problem was that while he was credited with those errors, many of them weren't unforced. Djokovic kept putting the Brits in uncomfortable positions, forcing him to make tougher shots than he is used to.
Djokovic won the match 6-2 6-3 6-2, breaking Norrie seven times.
The path to the French Open title for the Serb now gets much more difficult. He will next face the 3-seed Alexander Zverev in the quarters. If he gets past the German, Djokovic will likely next have to play Jannik Sinner. If the Serb takes that match, he will probably face the best men's clay-court player currently, Carlos Alcaraz.