<p>Brazilian teenager Fonseca produced a sensational comeback to erase a two-set deficit and beat Djokovic 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 7-5 after almost five hours on court.</p><p>Djokovic was condemned to his earliest exit at Roland Garros since 2009, and left the court making a heart gesture to the Philippe Chatrier crowd.</p><p><strong>Asked if he would be back next year, Djokovic twice replied: "I don't know."</strong></p><p>Djokovic has been stuck on 24 majors since the 2023 US Open and may not get a better chance to add to that haul.</p><p>The 39-year-old, a three-time winner at Roland Garros, had once more emerged as the man to beat following the shock exit of world number one Jannik Sinner.</p><p>Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz was already missing in Paris due to injury.</p><p>But Djokovic was in no mood to reflect on what might have been.</p><p><strong>"I don't care. I don't care. I'll stop you right there. No. Just lost third round. Let's just talk about something else," he said.</strong></p><p>There will be a first-time men's Grand Slam champion this year at the French Open, ending a run of nine successive majors won by Sinner or Alcaraz.</p><p>Djokovic said Fonseca had clearly shown why he was so highly rated despite struggling for consistency this season.</p><p><strong>"I congratulated him and told him that he deserved to win and played an unbelievable match, and he should be proud of himself," </strong>said Djokovic<strong>.</strong></p><p><strong>"The kind of level of tennis we've seen him play created a lot of hype around him, and I think we've all seen today why there is hype around him. The level was amazing."</strong></p>