In the women’s draw, both Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina comfortably powered into the last eight.
NOVAK DJOKOVIC SEALED a 15th consecutive French Open quarter-final with a thrilling comeback victory over Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo in the fourth round on Monday, while Daniil Medvedev became the highest seed to crash out at Roland Garros so far.
Djokovic narrowly avoided his earliest exit from the tournament since 2009, teeing up either a rematch of last year’s final against Casper Ruud or a clash with Taylor Fritz. The 37-year-old, eyeing a record 370th Grand Slam match win to break out of a tie with Roger Federer, played on but continued to walk gingerly between points.The 23rd seed moved ahead by two sets to one against an increasingly frustrated top seed, who was complaining the court was too slippery, before edging to the cusp of a famous win by forging 4-2 in front in the fourth.He forced a decider on his fourth set point of a dramatic 12th game when a stretching Cerundolo could only find the net.
But he was not to be denied, grabbing the decisive break with a blistering forehand that clipped the back of the baseline. Medvedev’s best performance in the French Open remains a quarter-final run in 2021, while he has also lost in the first round in five of his eight appearances.De Minaur had never got past the second round at the tournament before this year, winning just three of 10 matches.In the women’s tournament, world number two Sabalenka, who was a semi-finalist in 2023 and has made at least the last four at her past six Grand Slams, proved far too strong for American 22nd seed Emma Navarro.
Sabalenka, who lost to Iga Swiatek in the Madrid and Rome Open finals this clay-court season, will play 17-year-old Russian Mirra Andreeva in the last eight.
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