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Djokovic staged an epic recovery to defeat Italy's Andreas Seppi4-6, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 while Federer, the champion in 2009,dropped the first set against Belgian lucky loser David Goffin, theworld number 109, before claiming a 5-7, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 win. World number one Djokovic, bidding to become just the third man tohold all four majors at the same time, and first since 1969,struggled in the cold conditions on Philippe Chatrier court againsta player he'd beaten seven times in seven meetings. "I played very badly, but I won thanks to my fighting spirit," saidDjokovic, after a 25th successive Grand Slam match win took himinto the Paris quarter-finals for the sixth time. "He was the better player for the first two sets and I wasfortunate to come through. But even at two sets down I stillbelieved I could do it and that's about the only positive I cantake. It was one of those days when nothing worked." A lacklustre Djokovic committed 77 unforced errors to 22nd-seededSeppi's 81 before pulling through after four hours and 18 minutes. He will next face either French fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga orSwitzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka, the 18th seed, for a place in thesemi-finals. Tsonga was leading 6-4, 7-6 (8/6), 3-6, 3-6, 4-2 when their matchwas suspended until Monday because of fading light. The 25-year-old Djokovic has never got beyond the semi-finals inParis and his discomfort on the testing red clay courts was starklyillustrated last year when a 43-match winning run was ended byFederer. For the first two sets on Sunday, he was heading for the biggestshock since Rafael Nadal had his perfect 31-match, four-titlestretch smashed by Robin Soderling at the same stage in 2009. But the top seed regrouped as Seppi, who had also played five-setmatches in the second and third rounds, wilted. Victory represented the Serb's third win from two sets to love downafter pulling off similar Houdini acts against Federer in the USOpen semi-final last year and Wimbledon second round againstGuillermo Garcia Lopez in 2005. "I didn't have a good start in the third and fourth sets. That'sthe only thing I could have done better," said Seppi, who wasplaying in his first Grand Slam last 16 match at the 29th attempt. Federer, the record 16-time Grand Sam title winner, booked hisplace in a 32nd consecutive quarter-final at the majors, but he hadbeen just two points from going down two sets to love down in theninth game of the second set. Contesting his 50th successive Grand Slam tournament, the thirdseed will take on either Argentine ninth seed Juan Martin Del Potroor Tomas Berdych, the seventh-seeded Czech. Their match was halted due to darkness with Del Potro leading 7-6(8/6), 1-6, 6-3. "I didn't know much about Goffin beforehand, but I know him a lotbetter now," said Federer, who was two points away from going downtwo sets to love against the Belgian, who used to plaster hisbedroom wall with posters of the great Swiss. The 21-year-old Goffin was the first lucky loser - an alternate onstandby after being beaten in qualifying - to reach the last 16 ofa major since countryman Dick Norman at Wimbledon in 1995. "I came out of the qualifiers and I played my best tennis in myfirst three matches. Then playing Roger was the cherry on thecake," said Goffin. The men's fourth round will be completed on Monday when six-timechampion Nadal, who celebrated his 26th birthday on Sunday, meetsArgentina's Juan Monaco. Serb eighth seed Janko Tipsarevic tackles in-form Spanish 12th seedNicolas Almagro. Fourth seeded Briton Andy Murray faces French 17th seed RichardGasquet with David Ferrer, the sixth seed, taking on 20th seedMarcel Granollers in an all-Spanish contest. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as China HD-SDI Camera , IP Network CCTV Camera Manufacturer for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Waterproof IR Camera.
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