Djokovic Advances to Quarterfinals with Comfortable Win

Eight gamers stay on the 2023 French Open, as Alcaraz, Djokovic, Tsitsipas, and Khachanov progressed on Sunday earlier than Ruud, Rune, Zverev and Etcheverry accomplished the lineup after Monday’s fourth-round motion.

Six of the eight matches had been straight units and had been comparatively simple, with solely Holger Rune’s going the space to a fifth set tie break in a bodily battle with Francisco Cerundolo. 

French Open 2023 Spherical of 16 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Carlos Alcaraz (1)
Lorenzo Musetti (17)
6-3 6-2 6-2

Novak Djokovic (3)
Juan Pablo Varillas
6-3 6-2 6-2

Casper Ruud (4)
Nicolas Jarry
7-6(3) 7-5 7-5

Stefanos Tsitsipas (5)
Sebastian Ofner (Q)
7-5 6-3 6-0

Holger Rune (6)
Francisco Cerundolo (23)
7-6(3), 3-6, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(10-7)

Karen Khachanov (11)
Lorenzo Sonego
1-6 6-4 7-6(7) 6-1

Tomas Martin Etcheverry
Yoshihito Nishioka (27)
7-6(8) 6-0 6-1

Alexander Zverev (22)
Grigor Dimitrov (28)
6-1 6-4 6-3

Djokovic Eases Previous Varillas

Novak Djokovic is thru to his seventeenth French Open quarter-final with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Juan Pablo Varillas.

After dealing with robust checks in his two earlier matches, this one was comparatively plain crusing for the Serb, who broke serve six occasions and fired down 35 winners in his 1 hour and 57-minute victory.

After an up-and-down spring clay courtroom marketing campaign, Djokovic has performed himself into type and has improved spherical by spherical, which is the perfect trajectory over a two-week Grand Slam. He faces Karen Khachanov within the final eight and holds an 8-1 H2H report, with the Russian’s solely win coming in Paris in 2018, albeit on the indoor courts of Bercy.

There was nice power on the courtroom, from the gang and myself as properly. I actually loved it; my greatest efficiency within the event to this point. It got here precisely on the proper time, as I’m coming into the second week and enjoying one other quarter-final, the matches will get harder. Greater challenges, however I like the best way I’m enjoying and the best way I’m feeling, so I stay up for a brand new problem. Djokovic on his French Open to this point.

Highlights

Alcaraz Aces Musetti

Carlos Alcaraz made mild work of Lorenzo Musetti with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2  win to make his second quarter-final at Roland Garros.

Musetti hadn’t dropped a set en path to his third-round conflict with Alcaraz, and after taking a 2-0 lead within the first set, it seemed just like the Spaniard would have his work reduce out.

Nonetheless, issues flipped rapidly as Alcaraz discovered his vary on each wings, successful 18 of the subsequent 23 video games to progress and he’ll face Tsitsipas within the quarter-finals.

I feel I performed at such an ideal degree. A extremely top quality of photographs, enjoying actually aggressively. I feel I performed an entire match, [from the] first ball to the final one, and I’m actually blissful to get by way of this robust spherical towards Lorenzo. Alcaraz on his win over Musetti.

Highlights

Rune Edges Cerundolo

Holger Rune got here by way of a tricky encounter with Francisco Cerundolo prevailing 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(10-7).

Cerundolo will rue the 0-40 he had at 4-3 within the fifth set to offer himself an opportunity to serve it. As a substitute, he was damaged at 4-4, and though he broke again to forestall Rune from serving it out, he fell within the tiebreak 10-7 after having a 5-3 lead.

Regardless of a gritty win for Rune, the match was considerably marred by a double bounce within the third set, which led to Rune breaking serve.

I can’t consider the umpire missed it within the first place, because it was so apparent, however Rune ought to have put his hand up and given the purpose to Cerundolo, given he 100% knew it was the case.

I had a heartbreaking loss in Australia, the place I had this case; I served for the match and misplaced and ended up in a Match Tie-break like this, so truly, I instructed myself once we began the Match Tie-break [today] simply to chill out and play tennis and revel in [it]. Moments like this stick with you perpetually; irrespective of should you win or lose, you go and revel in and attempt to play your greatest, so I loved each second. Rune on his win over Cerundolo.

Highlights

Different 4th Spherical Matches

Tsitsipas Offloads Ofner: Like Djokovic and Alcaraz, Tstisipas delivered a high-quality efficiency to defeat Sebastian Ofner 7-5, 6-3, 6-0. The Greek recovered from being damaged within the first recreation to grab the primary set 7-5; from there, he by no means seemed again.

Khacahnov Sinks Sonego: The constant Russian made his third consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final with a 1-6, 6-4, 7-6(7), 6-1 victory towards Lorenzo Sonego. Sonego continued the place he left off towards Rublev within the first set, however Khachanov discovered a technique to grasp from the baseline and performed a clutch third-set tiebreak when 0-4 down.

Ruud Jinks Previous Jarry: Whereas the 7-6(3), 7-5, 7-5 seems simple, it was a hard-fought victory for Ruud, who confronted 17 break factors, saving 14 of them and needed to come by way of some lung busting rallies to undergo in three hours and 20 minutes.

Etcheverry Nukes Nishioka: A decent, aggressive first set that resulted in a tie break however from there Nishioka struggled with a leg problem and regardless of battling on he might solely win yet one more recreation.

Zverev Too Sturdy for Dimitrov: Loads of eye-catching factors from the freshly Lacoste cladded Bulgarian but it surely was the everyday story of missing a repeatable gameplan to win factors and much too many low-cost errors as Zverev proved too strong in windy situations from the baseline. Dimitrov had a 4-2 lead within the second set, however overplayed and fell aside to lose the set and primarily the match.

French Open 2023 Quarter Last Matches

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