TSITSIPAS OUT OF THE FRENCH OPEN AS ASTONISHING RUNE CAUSES UPSET TO REACH QUARTER-FINALS.
Holger Rune’s dream French Open debut continues, with the Danish 19-year-old into the quarter-finals at Roland Garros after beating No. 4 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas. Rune, who broke into the top 100 and is now ranked No. 40 in the world, faces No. 8 seed Casper Ruud, of Norway, next. The headline act in the men’s quarter-finals will however be Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal on Tuesday night.
Danish teenager Holger Rune produced a statement victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas to reach the French Open quarter-finals on Monday.
The 19-year-old world No. 40 broke into the top 100 at the start of this year and recorded his first-ever Grand Slam win when beating Denis Shapovalov in the opening round at Roland-Garros.
And after beating Henri Laaksonen and Hugo Gaston in straight sets, his dream French Open debut continued with a 7-5 3-6 6-3 6-4 victory over last year’s finalist and No. 4 seed Tsitsipas.
It goes down as one of the biggest scalps of his career so far, and Rune – who beat Alexander Zverev in Munich earlier this year – faces No. 8 seed Casper Ruud next for a place in the semi-finals.
More to follow.
