Medvedev, Tsitsipas Dominate While Ruud Needs 5 At French Open; Nadal, Djokovic 1 Win From QF

After two rough rounds, 2021 finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas had a welcomed easy afternoon at the French Open as the Greek hammered fellow 23-year-old Miakel Ymer 6-2, 6-2, 6-1.

“A lot of good rallies from my side,” said Tsitsipas on court. “I have a long history with Mikael, playing in juniors, and we’ve played each other a lot. I would like to congratulate him on his great effort, he had a good run to the third round once more. It was a good game from my side. I played really well and topped it off with some really good, patient tennis.”

Tsitsipas has now won nine of his last 10 matches at the French Open.

Next will be someone even younger as Holger Rune reached his first Slam fourth round cruising past the last of the French players Hugo Gaston 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. Rune, who just turned 19, has won 11 of his last 13 matches and in his French Open debut, the Dane hasn’t dropped a set.

No. 2 seed Daniil Medvedev also hasn’t dropped a set as the Russian cruised past an in-form Miomir Kecmanovic 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 to earn one of his best wins on his least favorite surface.

“Was a great match against a tough opponent,” said Medvedev in his post-match press conference. “To be honest, before the match, I would never have thought I could make this score happen on clay courts.

“Everything I wanted to do today worked. I was serving great. I feel like I was almost putting all the returns in and I made his life tough. Maybe he didn’t play his best level, I managed from my side to make his life as tough as possible, and it was enough to win today.”

Medvedev will now face fellow US Open champion Marin Cilic after Cilic crushed Gilles Simon in his final French Open match.

Andrey Rublev advanced in a tough four sets over Cristian Garin. He’ll face Jannik Sinner who saved 11 second set points against Mackenzie McDonald to take a straight set win.

Casper Ruud stayed alive and kept all Top 8 seeds in the in final 16 by winning in 5 over Lorenzo Sonego 6-2, 6-7(3), 1-6, 6-4, 6-3. Ruud becomes the first player from Norway to make the French fourth round. He’ll try to take it a step further Monday against Hubert Hurkacz who eliminated David Goffin in straights.

The big favorites return Sunday for fourth round play. Novak Djokovic faces longtime for Diego Schwartzman. He leads the Argentine 6-0.

Rafael Nadal returns after watching his Real Madrid team win the Champions League title. He’ll meet Felix Auger Aliassime who is coached by his uncle, Toni Nadal.

Carlos Alcaraz headlines the night again against Karen Khachanov and 2021 semifinalist Alexander Zverev meets the surprise of the fourth round in Bernabe Zapata Miralles.

SUNDAY FRENCH OPEN SCHEDULE
Court Philippe CHATRIER – Début à 12h00
1 SD H Leylah FERNANDEZ (CAN)[17] contre Amanda ANISIMOVA (USA)[27]
2 SD H Elise MERTENS (BEL)[31] contre Coco GAUFF (USA)[18]
3 SM H Felix AUGER-ALIASSIME (CAN)[9] contre Rafael NADAL (ESP)[5]
Pas avant 20h45
4 SM H Karen KHACHANOV (—)[21] contre Carlos ALCARAZ (ESP)[6]

Court Suzanne LENGLEN – Début à 11h00
1 SD H Martina TREVISAN (ITA) contre Aliaksandra SASNOVICH (—)
2 SM H Novak DJOKOVIC (SRB)[1] contre Diego SCHWARTZMAN (ARG)[15]
3 SM H Alexander ZVEREV (GER)[3] contre Bernabe ZAPATA MIRALLES (ESP)
4 SD H Jil TEICHMANN (SUI)[23] contre Sloane STEPHENS (USA)