Tennis

At French Open, Djokovic gets 41st win in row

Published May. 25, 2011 6:16 p.m. ET

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Even if Novak Djokovic is tennis' man of the moment, there's a long, long way to go before he'd approach most of Roger Federer's many accomplishments.

So far to go, really, that it's not worth discussing.

Still, there is one area in which, as of Wednesday, the two men are equal: Djokovic was credited with his 41st consecutive victory - matching the best streak of Federer's career - when second-round opponent Victor Hanescu of Romania quit at the French Open because of a left leg injury.

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