Injured Djokovic withdraws from French Open

Defending champion Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the French Open before his quarter-final with a knee injury.

Serbia’s Djokovic had a scan for the injury on Tuesday, having blamed the "slippery" Roland Garros clay courts for aggravating the problem during his fourth-round victory on Monday.

The top seed announced his withdrawal from the Grand Slam tournament later on Tuesday.

The 37-year-old was due to play Norwegian seventh seed Casper Ruud in the last eight on Wednesday.

The scan revealed Djokovic has "torn medial meniscus" in his right knee, said French Open organisers.

The injury has ended his hopes of winning a 25th Grand Slam title - which would be an outright all-time record - on the Paris clay.