Danish teenager Holger Rune undoubtedly completed the biggest upset at Roland-Garros when he defeated fourth favorite Stefanos Tsitsipas by 7-5 3-6 6-3 6-4.
The victory makes Rune, 40th in the world, become the first Dane to reach the quarterfinals of Roland Garros, where he will face the Norwegian Casper Ruud.
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A former junior champion of the French Open, the 19-year-old is also the first man from Denmark to reach the quarter-finals of any Grand Slam tournament since Jan Leschly in 1967, according to the ATP Tour.
Holger Rune has made a big rise in the standings since last year. (Getty)
“I have an amazing feeling right now,” Rune said in his interview on the court after Monday’s game. “In the end I was very nervous, but the crowd was amazing for me throughout the game, the whole tournament.”
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He won a tight first set against last year’s finalist, Tsitsipas, just over an hour before the Greek tied the game thanks to a 4-3 break in the second.
Rune regained the lead with a break in the middle of the third set and took a 5-2 lead in the fourth to help close out the win.
Along with Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, Rune is the second teenager to reach the round of 16 of this year’s Roland Garros men’s singles final, and this is the first time two male teenagers have reached the quarterfinals of a major since 1994.
Rune of Denmark celebrates the victory of the match point. (Getty)
An impressive year is coming to an end for Rune, who got his first win over a top-five player by defeating Alexander Zverev at the Munich Open in April.
He will play Ruud on Wednesday after the 23-year-old defeated 6-0 6-3 3-6 6-3 against Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz.
Tsitsipas, meanwhile, is becoming the top-ranked player – and the first-ranked top eight in the world – after leaving the men’s box at this year’s French Open.
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