Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas were surprisingly eliminated in the fourth round of the French Open 2022. While in the women’s sector, Iga Swiatek struggled to lock a ticket to the quarterfinals.
Playing on the Philippe Catrier court, Roland-Garros, Monday (30/5/2022) local time, Medvedev, who was the second seed, fell quickly at the hands of Croatian tennis player Marin Cilic with a score of 2-6, 3-6, 2-6 in time. 1 hour 45 minutes.
In the last eight, Cilic, who is the 2014 US Open champion, will face the seventh seed, Andrey Rublev. A few hours earlier on the same pitch, Tsitsipas had already fallen.
Medvedev was helpless against Cilic. Photo: Getty Images/Andy Cheung |
Faced with a 19-year-old Danish youth, Holger Rune, the fourth seed from Greece was defeated in four sets 7-5 3-6 6-3 6-4. In the quarterfinals, Rune will meet Casper Ruud (Norway).
While in the women’s sector, Swiatek, the world number one, continued her record to 32 consecutive wins when she met the Chinese representative, Zheng Qinwen. Even so, the Polish athlete had to work harder than usual.
For the first time in the last 10 matches, Swiatek lost in the first set with a score of 6-7 (5-7). But he came back in the next two sets to punish Zheng with a score of 6-0, 6-2.
Swiatek, who won the French Open in 2020, is the only player in the top 10 seeds remaining. He will meet Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals. Uniquely, the American tennis player occupies the 11th seed position.
(adp/pur)
