Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas were eliminated at Roland Garros. A young Dane and a Norwegian cheered.
A rude awakening for Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas, Scandinavian celebrations in Paris: The only 19-year-old Dane Holger Rune caused a real surprise at the French Open and ended the title hopes of last year’s finalist Tsitsipas. Hours later, US Open winner Daniil Medvedev also failed after a disappointing performance by the veteran Marin Cilic.
In the quarter-finals, Ruud now meets the Norwegian Casper Ruud, who also made it into the last eight with a win against Hubert Hurkacz. Cilic is up against Russia’s Andrej Rublev, who benefited from a surrender by Italian Jannik Sinner. Iga Swiatek, title contender number one in the women’s classification, really worked up a sweat for the first time.
“It feels incredible. I was so nervous at the end,” said Rune, for whom it is the first tournament participation in the French capital and his third Grand Slam participation ever. “World class” was the verdict of the “Ekstra Bladet” in his home country. “I did very badly,” Tsitsipas said in frustration. Medvedev had also hoped for much more and was clearly inferior at 2: 6, 3: 6, 2: 6.
Swiatek is aiming for tournament victory
Rune and Ruud (23) are the first tennis players from their countries in tournament history (since 1925) to get this far in the clay court classic. Rune, who won the ATP tournament in Munich in early May, once again delighted the audience on the Philippe Chatrier court with his cheeky game with many stops in his 7: 5, 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4 victory , which Tsitsipas was ultimately unable to counter.
Ruud made far fewer simple mistakes than Hurkacz. The night of the world rankings from Oslo needed 2:31 hours to beat the Pole 6:2, 6:3, 3:6, 6:3. He has already won titles in Geneva and Buenos Aires this year and has now spoken of a “milestone” in Paris.
Swiatek is also aiming for this with her second tournament victory in Roland Garros. On Monday, the 20-year-old lost her first set since mid-April in a 6-7 (5-7), 6-0, 6-2 win against the brave Chinese Zheng Qinwen, her 32nd win in a row. Swiatek now meets the American Jessica Pegula. In addition, the Russians Weronika Kudermetowa prevailed against Madison Keys from the USA and Darja Kassatkina against the Italian Camila Giorgi.