Novak Djokovic’s ‘request’ to play his third-round match during the day session has been denied by French Open organisers, meaning that the Serb will be unable to attend the Champions League final between Inter Milan and PSG.

The Serb prevailed in a 6-3, 6-2, 7-6(1) second-round encounter against Corentin Moutet and, afterwards, jokingly suggested that the organisers of the Parisian Grand Slam should avoid scheduling his next match during Saturday’s night session.

“It’s going to be PSG that I will support. I will definitely watch it if I’m not playing [the] night session,” he said.

“Yeah, that will be nice. FYI, Roland Garros schedule.”

Djokovic was, of course, referring to the UEFA Champions League final between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan – which is scheduled to begin at 21:0

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