It is undoubtedly the biggest fight since the start of these French Open 2021. On court n ° 14, the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (46th at ATP) notched one of his most unforgettable victories on the circuit. He, who will be 22 years old on Saturday, pulled out of the tournament the No. 15 seed, the Norwegian Casper Rudd, in five sets (7-6 [3], 2-6, 7-6 [6], 0-6, 7-5).
This victory propels him to the round of 16 for the first time at Roland Garros. A success acquired at the end of a last insane and almost unreal game, at the end of the fifth match point, an intervention of the referee, a slip, a fall full back of Ruud, who for his part benefited from four break balls!
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