The first racket of the rank Serb Novak Djokovic reached the 11th year in a row in Paris on Monday “French Open“The quarterfinals of the tournament, which is a new record.
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The first issue of the tournament on Monday with 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 convincingly won the Russian Karen Hachanov (ATP 16.), who was assigned the number 15.
Djokovic spent less than two and a half hours in a rainy Paris court against Hachanov. Serbs won his last trophy in the French Open in 2016.
In the quarterfinals, he will have to compete with the Spanish Pavlo Kareno Bust (ATP 18th), with whom he also met in the quarterfinals. “US Open“when the referee was disqualified for a shot with the ball.
Number 17 of the tournament In the eighth final, Busts won the German Daniel Altmaier (ATP 186) 6-2, 7-5, 6-2, who previously overcame the qualifying tournament, but later also unexpectedly won the Italian Mateo Beretini.
Russian tennis player Andrei Rublev (12th), who was awarded the 13th number, also reached the quarterfinals in a slightly longer fight. He defeated Mārton Fučovič (63rd) from Hungary with 6-7 (4: 7), 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (7: 3).
In the quarterfinals, Rubļevs will meet with the Greek Stefan Cicipas (6th) in the fifth number of the competition, who with 6-3, 7-6 (11: 9), 6-2 proved to be superior to the Bulgarian Grigory Dimitrov (20th). The Bulgarian tennis player was ranked 18th in this tournament.
Last year’s finalists will also go to the square on Tuesday Rafael Nadals from Spain and the Austrian Dominic Tim. Clay King Nadal will meet Italian Janik Siner (75th), while Tim will look to defeat Diego Schwarzmann of Argentina (14th), who has been awarded the 12th number.
In the women’s singles, the quarterfinals of the French Open championship were reached with a convincing victory Czech Republic tennis players Petra Kvitova. Chinese athletes Shuui Zhang (40th) won the 11th ranking and the seventh number of the tournament in Kvitov’s eighth final with 6-2, 6-4.
Significantly, Kvitova is only one of four athletes who continue to fight in the French Open.
Kvitova has not lost a set in Paris so far. Also in 2017, the tournament in Paris for Kvitova was the first after a knife attack at home a year earlier. In the incident, she injured her arm.
“When I returned to the courts of this tournament in 2017, I don’t think”Grand Slam“I will be able to reach the quarterfinals in the tournament,” said Kvitova after the victory, who will play in the French Open quarterfinals for the first time since 2012.
Eight years ago, he gave way to the famous in the semifinals Maria Sharapova, who later also celebrated the victory in the tournament.
In the quarterfinals, Kvitova will meet with Laura Sīgemunda from Germany (66). She defeated Paul Bados Hiberta (87) from Spain with 7-5, 6-4, who had previously defeated Jelena Ostapenko.
The winner of the Australian Open Championship, Sofia Kenina (6th), who was awarded the fourth number, also reached the quarterfinals, as she won 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 with her host Fiona Fero (49th).
Kenina will find out his opponent on Tuesday, as Tunisian spokesman Onsa Zaber and American Daniel Collins could not play due to rain.
The first number from Australia’s Ashley Barthy, the new “US Open” champion Naomi Osaka from Japan, as well as the talented Canadian Bianka Andresu will not start in the women’s competition in the French Open this season.
The Roland Garros tournament was due to take place this year from May 25 to June 7, but in mid-March it was moved to autumn and is the last Grand Slam of the season. This year, the fourth number of the ranking does not participate in the tournament Roger Federer from Switzerland.
The tournament takes place on clay.
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