“Part of the tactic of playing as aggressively as possible when he gets shorter balls attacks them. I really enjoyed playing the drops and it worked pretty well, so I’m happy. “
In the previous game, eighth seed Casper Ruud reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinals when he defeated Hubert Hurkacz 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
Holger Rune after disturbing Stefanos Tsitsipas. Credit: Getty Images
Ruud will now face Rune on Wednesday.
“I feel great, it was one of my goals this year. I feel more experienced playing the best of five sets, “said Ruud, the first Norwegian in the round of 16 at Roland Garros.
“Hubert has improved a lot on clay, he has become a dangerous player on all surfaces; It has a dangerous service, but today I did well to return it. “
Russian Andrey Rublev also progressed, winning on a balance sheet against Italian Jannik Sinner. The couple was a set when Sinner retired injured.
A Russian affair in the women’s draw
In the women’s draw, Veronika Kudermetova bounced back from a set to beat the Madison Keys 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 and reach a grand slam individual quarterfinal for the first time, setting up a showdown between Russia and Daria. Kasatkina for a place in the last four.
It will be Kasatkina’s first major quarter-final in four years. He made a dominant display to beat Italian Camila Giorgi 6-2, 6-2.
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On the other hand, the American Jessica Pegula fought to defeat the Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, 63rd, by 4-6, 6-2 and 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time.
Pegula, 11th seed, is the highest seed in the women’s draw after world number one Iga Swiatek, who was taken to three sets by China’s Qinwen Zheng. Pegula became the third American woman to reach the round of 16.
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