Roland-Garros: what to remember from the ninth day


THE ESSENTIAL

The favorites at the rendezvous. On this Monday, the last day of the round of 16 at Roland-Garros, the top seeds held their rank on the clay courts of Porte d’Auteuil. Finalist of the previous edition, the Norwegian Casper Ruud, world number 4, dominated the Chilean Nicolas Jarry (35th) in three sets and thus qualified for the quarter-finals. For his part, the Danish nugget Holger Rune (6th in the world) was forced to fight to finally win in five sets during the super tie break against the Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, who fell Taylor Fritz in the previous round. Still on the men’s side, Alexander Zverev, unfortunate injured last year, easily took out the Bulgarian Gregor Dimitrov in three sets during the Night session. Among the women, the world number 1, Iga Swiatek, took advantage of the abandonment of the Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko. The American Coco Gauff, finalist of the 2022 edition, qualified in two sets against the Slovak Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova, ranked 100th in the WTA. The two players will meet in the quarter-finals for a remake of last year’s final.

The main information :

  • End of the round of 16 this Monday at Roland-Garros
  • Holger Rune defeats Francisco Cerundolo (7-6, 3-6, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6)
  • Iga Swiatek, big favorite, qualified following the withdrawal of Lesia Tsurenko
  • Ons Jabeur easily dominated the American Bernarda Pera (36th) 6-3, 6-1 on Monday on the Central court to reach the quarter-finals of Roland-Garros
  • Beatriz Haddad snatched Monday in 3h51, the third longest match of the Open era at Roland-Garros, her qualification for her first Grand Slam quarter-final where she will find Ons Jabeur (7th)
  • Casper Ruud, finalist last year, fought three sets and 3:20 to overcome Chilean Nicolas Jarry (35th) 7-6 (7/3), 7-5, 7-5 and qualify for the quarterfinals on Monday. final at Roland-Garros
  • Coco Gauff finalist in 2022 reaches the quarter-finals of Roland-Garros at the expense of Anna Karolina Schmiedlov
  • Alexander Zverev easily beat Bulgarian Gregor Dimitrov in three sets

Alexander Zverev in quarters

The German Alexander Zverev did not make the suspense last. The 27th player in the world easily beat Gregor Dimitrov, 29th in the world at ATP, in three short sets (6-1, 6-4, 6-3). He will face in the quarter-finals the surprising Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry, 49 in the world, who also fell in the evening against the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka (7-6, 6-0, 6-1).

Zverev starts perfectly!

German Alexander Zverev won the first two sets (6-1, 6-4) against Bulgarian Gregor Dimitrov, still looking for a first quarter-final at Roland-Garros. Dimitrov had however broken the German and was leading 4 games to 2.

Iga Swiatek qualified

While world number 1 Iga Swiatek led 5-1 in the first set, Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko in physical condition gave up. This victory allows the 2020 and 2022 title holder to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open for the third time in a row.

Holger Rune eliminates Francisco Cerundolo after a crazy match!

It took five sets (7-6, 3-6, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6) and 4:03 for the young Dane Holger Rune (6th) to overcome the Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo (27th) . Holger Rune will face Norway’s Casper Ruud (4th) in the next round for a quarter-final remake of the 2022 edition which saw Casper Ruud win.

Francisco Cerundolo pockets the fourth set

It took 35 minutes for the Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo to pick up two sets everywhere and take the Dane Holger Rune to the fifth set of this thrilling match.

Coco Gauff makes an appointment with Swiatek in the quarter-finals

Coco Gauff, world No.6 and outgoing finalist, qualified for the quarter-finals of Roland-Garros on Monday, where she could find world No.1 Iga Swiatek, as in the final of the 2022 edition. Slovakian Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (100th) 7-5, 6-2 in about 1h30 min on Center Court, once again windy. Swiatek is opposed to the Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko (66th) later in the day.

“I didn’t expect it to be so windy, I hadn’t played on this court yet this year, on one side (of the court) it was difficult to hit the ball well, but I live in Florida, so that’s not really an excuse,” smiled the 19-year-old American, who led 5 games to 2 before seeing Schmiedlova catch up in the first set. This is the third year in a row that Gauff has made it to the quarter-finals on Parisian clay. A year ago, Swiatek had dominated them 6-1, 6-3 in the final.

Holger Rune offers the third round!

Despite losing his break lead at 4-3, Dane Holger Rune finally had the resources to win this third set (6-3) against Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo. Holger Rune leads 2 sets to 1, and is only one round away from the quarter-finals.

Francisco Cerundolo takes the second round against Holger Rune

After losing the tie-break in the first set, Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo (23rd) won the second set (6-3) against Dane Holger Rune (6th). A set everywhere ball in the center, the key to a ticket for the quarter-finals of Roland-Garros.

Casper Ruud battles three sets to advance to quarters

Casper Ruud, 4th in the world and finalist last year, fought three sets and 3:20 to overcome Chilean Nicolas Jarry (35th) 7-6 (7/3), 7-5, 7-5 and qualify Monday for the quarter-finals at Roland-Garros. “It was three very, very difficult sets… How long would it have been if we had gone to the fifth set?” wondered the 24-year-old Norwegian, while specifying that he was “ready if it had been necessary to play more”. “He serves very well and fortunately this court (Philippe-Chatrier) is the one with the most distance, it allowed me to raise from far behind my baseline”, he added. Casper Ruud, who also played in the final of the US Open last year, will try to find the last four in Paris on Wednesday by facing the Danish prodigy Holger Rune (6th) or the Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo (23rd).

Beatriz Haddad joins Jabeur in the quarters after a 3h51 marathon

There Brazilian Beatriz Haddad, 14th in the world, snatched Monday in 3:51, the third longest match of the Open era at Roland-Garros, her qualification for her first Grand Slam quarter-final where she will find the Tunisian Ons Jabeur (7th ). Haddad, 27, had to wait for her fourth match point to defeat Spaniard Sara Sorribes (132nd) 6-7 (3/7), 6-3, 7-5. The longest women’s match at Roland-Garros lasted 4:07 and was won by Frenchwoman Virginie Buisson against her compatriot Noëlle van Lottum in the first round in 1995. Beatriz Haddad thus became the first Brazilian to reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament since Maria Bueno, at the very beginning of the Open era, in 1968, already in Paris.

She had never passed the second round at Roland-Garros or in any other Grand Slam tournament and had arrived on the court having played three and a half hours more than her opponent who had taken advantage of the package in the third round of the tournament. one of the favorites for the title, the Kazakh Elena Rybakina (4th). While leading 5-2 in the first set, Beatriz Haddad had a huge slump: she scored just one point in the next thirteen, leaving Sorribes to come back to 5-5 and then win the first. sleeve. In the aftermath, the Spaniard broke away 3-0 and had four balls to lead 4-0. But Haddad then lined up six games to tie a set all.

In the third set, Haddad missed three match points at 5-3 on the opposing serve. Then she served for the first time for the match, but could not prevent Sorribes from coming back to 5-5 before winning the last two games by concluding on her first match point on her serve, the fourth in total.

Expedited against Bernarda Pera, Ons Jabeur reaches the quarters

The Tunisian Ons Jabeur, seventh player in the world, easily dominated the American Bernarda Pera (36th) 6-3, 6-1 Monday on the Central court to reach the quarter-finals of Roland-Garros. In just over an hour of play, Jabeur dismissed Pera. She will face the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia (14th) or the Spaniard Sara Sorribes (132nd), who are also playing their round of 16 on Monday.

Finalist of Wimbledon and the US Open last year, the 28-year-old player, who is still chasing her first Major, had never passed the round of 16 so far at Porte d’Auteuil. Last year, Jabeur had even been eliminated as soon as he entered the running. This year, she only struggled in one match, against Serbian Olga Danilovic (105th) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the previous round.

Ruud and Rune target quarter-final reunion

The two Scandinavians, who have had very fresh relations since their confrontation on this same Parisian clay court last year, could just find themselves at the same stage of the competition this year. For Casper Ruud, it will first be necessary to dismiss the Chilean Nicolas Jarry, 35th player in the world. As for Holger Rune, it is the Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo who will try to block his way. The latter had offered the scalp of Taylor Fritz (number 8 at the ATP) in the previous round.

Serene victory for Swiatek?

The world number 1 affirms in any case a resplendent form on this Parisian fortnight. In the previous round, the Polish inflicted a scathing 6-0, 6-0 to the Chinese Xinyu Wang and still has not conceded a single set at Porte d’Auteuil. The 22-year-old is clearly aiming for a third title at Roland-Garros and will start as the big favorite against the Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko.





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