Rune and Zverev qualified, Swiatek takes advantage of retirement

2023-06-05 21:46:00

Rune qualified for the quarter-finals after five sets, Zverev continues his revival. Great performances to note on the women’s draw.

by IM with AFP

Denmark’s Holger Rune defeated Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo in five sets to advance to the Roland-Garros quarter-finals.
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Published on 06/05/2023 at 21:46

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Mhooks attached. Holger Rune had to work on Monday to win his round of 16 at Roland-Garros. The Dane, seeded number 6, was pushed to his limits by the Argentinian Cerundolo and had to wait for the fifth set tie-break to finally claim victory. Final score: 7-6, 3-6, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6. At the end of the day, Rune therefore qualified for the quarters, where a strong match awaits him against the Norwegian Casper Ruud.

Ruud also had to fight to get his ticket. He won in three sets and 3:20 against the Chilean Nicolas Jarry (35^e world): 7-6 (7/3), 7-5, 7-5. “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”.

Alexander Zverev, former world number 2, now 27^econtinued his revival at Roland-Garros by qualifying for the quarter-finals at the expense of Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (29^e), dominated 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 on Monday night. For a place in the last four, Zverev will face the unexpected Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry (49^e), tombeur 7-6 (10/8), 6-0, 6-1 du gaucher japonais Yoshihito Nishioka (33^e), physically diminished.

Haddad enters the history of Brazilian tennis!

In the women’s draw, Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad took time, but qualified for her first ever quarter-final of a grand slam tournament by winning the third longest women’s match in French Open history. . “I’m very happy and proud that I didn’t give up and I think for that I deserve this victory,” said Haddad (14^e in the WTA ranking) after beating the Spaniard Sara Sorribes (132^e) 6-7 (3/7), 6-3, 7-5 in 3:51 of play.

READ ALSOIn 2023, French tennis wants to believe in the reboundHaddad becomes the first Brazilian to reach the quarter-finals of a grand slam tournament since Maria Bueno, in 1968 already in Paris. She will face Wednesday Ons Jabeur (7^e) who on the contrary very quietly got rid of the American Bernarda Pera (36^e) 6-3, 6-1 in 1 h 03.

For her part, Iga Swiatek, the world number one and defending champion, did not have to fight long to qualify since her opponent of the day – Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko (66^e) – dropped out after six games. Swiatek will find Coco Gauff (6^e) in the next turn. A match that looks like a reissue of the 2022 final, since the two tennis players had faced each other for the title last year.