Attached matches. 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 tie-break of the fifth set 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 (35th in the world): 7-6 (7/3), 7-5, 7-5. “It was three very, very tough sets… How long would it have been if we had gone to the fifth set? asked the 24-year-old Norwegian, while specifying that he was “ready if it was necessary to play more”.
Alexander Zverev, ex-world number 2, now 27th, continued his rebirth at Roland-Garros by qualifying for the quarter-finals at the expense of Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (29th), dominated 6-1, 6-4, 6 -3 this Monday evening. For a place in the last four, Zverev will face the unexpected Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry (49th), scorer 7-6 (10/8), 6-0, 6-1 from the Japanese left-hander Yoshihito Nishioka (33rd), physically impaired.
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 (14th in the WTA rankings) after beating Spaniard Sara Sorribes (132nd) 6- 7 (3/7), 6-3, 7-5 in 3:51 of play.
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 – the Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko (66th) – gave up after six games. Swiatek will find Coco Gauff (6th) in the next round. 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.
