No. 6 seed Holger Rune of Denmark survived a five-set thriller in opposition to No. 23 seed Francisco Cerundolo 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7) within the French Open Round of 16 on Monday in Paris.
The 20-year-old Rune arrange a quarterfinal match in opposition to fourth seed Casper Ruud of Norway, who superior in straight units Monday.
Rune wanted to see the on-court physio whereas trailing 0-3 within the fourth set, citing a bout of dizziness. He let the fourth set get away however led 5-4 within the fifth set and served for the match.
Cerundolo broke Rune’s serve after which went forward 6-5, however Rune pressured the tiebreaker. Neither participant received greater than two straight factors in that tiebreaker till Rune, down 7-6, pulled out 4 straight for the 10-7 triumph.
It marked Rune’s first five-set victory in three probabilities.
“I had a heartbreaking loss in Australia, where I had this situation,” Rune mentioned in his on-court interview. “I served for the match and misplaced and ended up in a match tiebreak like this, so truly I informed myself after we began the match tiebreak (Monday) simply to loosen up and play tennis and luxuriate in (it).
“Moments like this stay with you forever, no matter if you win or lose, you just go and enjoy and try to play your best, so I enjoyed every moment.”
Rune needed to overcome 10 double faults and 73 whole unforced errors for the three-hour, 59-minute win.
Ruud defeated Chile’s Nicolas Jarry 7-6 (3), 7-5, 7-5. He and Rune will meet within the French Open quarterfinals for the second straight yr; Ruud received in 4 units in 2022 en path to reaching the finals.
“Three very, very tough sets,” Ruud mentioned. “I think (Monday) I can thank my team for pushing me every day in practice because not every day is as tough as (this one).”
The fourth and remaining quarterfinal matchup within the males’s draw will pit No. 22 seed Alexander Zverev of Germany in opposition to Tomas Martin Etcheverry of Argentina.
Zverev beat No. 28 seed Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 6-1, 6-4, 6-3. Zverev saved 14 of 16 break factors and had a 4-0 edge in aces. He’ll look to make the French Open semifinals for the third yr in a row.
Etcheverry is the lone unseeded participant within the remaining eight after taking down No. 27 seed Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan 7-6 (8), 6-0, 6-1. This is the furthest the 23-year-old has superior in any Grand Slam occasion.
The different quarterfinal matches within the males’s draw will see top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz of Spain battle No. 5 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece and No. 3 seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia tangle with No. 11 seed Karen Khachanov of Russia.
–Field Level Media