Novak Djokovic narrowly avoided a huge upset at the hands of hometown-kid Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the French Open today.
He faced four match points, a decidedly pro-Tsonga crowd, and a grueling four hours of action after going five sets just two days ago.
If you were at work or just didn't catch the match, you missed a huge comeback, a cameo from Novak's super-intense girlfriend, and a downright epic match.
Tsonga is French, hence the rowdy support from the crowd when he took a 40-15 lead at 5-4 in the fourth set and had two match points
Novak wasn't necessarily playing badly, Tsonga was just playing better
On the first match point, Djokovic hit a beautiful running drop-shot past Tsonga
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