Novak Djokovic of Serbia slides on the web for a forehand towards Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina within the Males’s Singles fourth spherical match throughout Day 9 of the 2024 French Open at Roland Garros on June 03, 2024 in Paris, France.
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Novak Djokovic pulled off one other astonishing escape as he beat Argentine twenty third seed Francisco Cerundolo in a five-set thriller to succeed in a fifteenth consecutive French Open quarterfinal on Monday, June 3, 2024.
The World No. 1 shrugged off an damage to his proper knee as he got here from two units to 1 right down to outlast Cerundolo 6-1, 5-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 after 4 hours and 39 minutes.
Victory gave him a report 370th Grand Slam win, eclipsing the mark he had shared with Roger Federer.
Daniil Medvedev suffered a four-set loss to Australia’s Alex de Minaur as his disappointing report at Roland Garros continued. The Russian fifth seed began strongly however slipped to a 6-4, 2-6, 1-6, 3-6 defeat.
Medvedev’s finest efficiency within the French Open stays a quarterfinal run in 2021, whereas he has additionally misplaced within the first spherical in 5 of his eight appearances.
“Alex performed higher,” admitted Medvedev, who doubled-faulted on match level.
de Minaur had by no means bought previous the second spherical earlier than this yr, successful simply three of 10 matches. However he has improved on clay this season, additionally reaching a primary Masters quarterfinal on the floor in Monte Carlo.
“It’s certainly one of my finest Slam outcomes. Seems like I’ve transformed myself right into a clay specialist,” mentioned de Minaur. He’s the primary Australian man to succeed in the French Open final eight since former World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt in 2004.
Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva grew to become the youngest participant to succeed in the ladies’s quarterfinals since 2005 by defeating dwelling hope Varvara Gracheva. She downed the Moscow-born Gracheva 7-5, 6-2 to ebook a last-eight spot at a Grand Slam for the primary time.
Aged 17 and 27 days, she is the youngest girl to make the quarterfinal since Bulgaria’s Sesil Karatantcheva achieved the feat on the age of 15.
Andreeva, who has solely dropped one set up to now, faces a frightening job as she is up towards World No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka. The latter’s dominant run continued with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Emma Navarro.
“When the solar is out, I play with much more happiness,” mentioned Sabalenka, who has but to drop a set this yr. She actually confirmed some pleasure after her fourth-round win over the Twenty second-seeded Navarro, displaying disco-inspired dance strikes on her method off the court docket.
The Belarusian, ranked second on this planet, is now one win away from her seventh straight Grand Slam semifinal look.
In different matches, twelfth seed Jasmine Paolini defeated Elina Avanesyan 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 whereas Elena Rybakina, the fourth seed, bought previous Elina Svitolina 6-4, 6-3. Paolini and Rybakina will meet within the quarterfinals.
