French Open 2022 Results – Cilic defeats Medvedev: Top Tennis stars like World No.2 Daniil Medvedev and Fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas suffered shock exits in the fourth round on Monday. However, World No.1 Iga Swiatek entered the French Open quarterfinal. Follow French Open 2022 LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
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The day also saw 19-year old Holger Rune creating history by becoming the first-ever player from Denmark to make it to the quarterfinals at French Open. He defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in four sets. eighth seed Casper Ruud too made his way into his first-ever quarterfinals in a Grand Slam event as he beat Hubert Hurkacz.
Casper Ruud vs Hubert Hurkacz
No.8 seed Casper Ruud entered the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career, with a 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 victory over Polish 12th seed Hubert Hurkacz at Roland-Garros on Monday.
The Norwegian clay expert pulled off the victory in two and a half hours to become the first man from his nation to reach the last-eight stage on Paris. The 23-year-old Ruud awaits the winner of the ongoing fourth round between Greek No.4 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas and Danish teenager Holger Rune.
Holger Rune vs Stefanos Tsitsipas
19-year old Holger Rune caused one of the biggest upsets in the Men’s singles at the French Open this year on Tuesday. He defeated fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the fourth round . With the victory, he becomes the first Danish man to reach the quarter-finals in tournament history.
Rune is making his debut in the French Open and has produced a string of faultless performances so far. Prior to his standout win over 2021 finalist Tsitsipas, the Dane had eliminated Denis Shapovalov, Henri Laaksonen and Hugo Gaston in straight sets.
Daniil Medvedev vs Marin Cilic
A red-hot Marin Cilic left no doubt in a fourth-round domination of World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev on Monday night, powering into the Roland Garros quarter-finals with a 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 victory on Court Phillippe Chatrier.
The 33-year-old is through to his third Roland Garros quarter-final (2017-18) and his first Grand Slam quarter-final since he reached that stage in three of the four majors in 2018, including the Australian Open final.
Women’s Singles
Iga Swiatek vs Qinwen Zheng
Iga Swiatek’s winning streak survived a scare on Monday at the French Open but she rallied for a 6-7(5), 6-0, 6-2 victory against China’s Zheng Qinwen to extend her unbeaten run to 32 consecutive matches.
Swiatek last lost a set on April 23, when she was stretched the distance by Liudmila Samsonova in the semifinals of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. She was pushed hard by the 19-year-old Zheng in an opening set that lasted a staggering 82 minutes.
But Zheng’s body betrayed her in the middle set; after losing the first three games, she took a medical timeout and emerged with her right upper leg wrapped, strapping she wore through the start of the third set. Swiatek in fact won eight consecutive games from a set behind.
French Open Day 9 LIVE: Ruud & Swiatek enter quarterfinals, Tsitsipas & Medvedev suffer shock exit: Follow French Open 2022 LIVE updates
French Open Live streaming: This is the first year that the Sony Sports Network will be showing the prestigious Grand Slam.
The broadcaster is going all out with LIVE coverage of the event in four languages.
For the first time in India, audiences will get to watch the Roland Garros in a language of their choice.
SonyLIV will LIVE Stream the tournament LIVE.
Sony Sports Network will also do a STUDIO show around the LIVE Coverage. The tournament will see the return of Extraaa Serve, which is the broadcaster’s flagship show for Grand Slam tournaments.
Watch the LIVE coverage of Roland-Garros 2022 from May 22, 2022, on SONY SIX, SONY TEN 2 (English), SONY TEN 3 (Hindi) and SONY TEN 4 (Tamil & Telugu) channels, 1:30 PM IST onwards.
French Open Day 9 LIVE: Ruud & Swiatek enter quarterfinals, Tsitsipas & Medvedev suffer shock exit: Follow French Open 2022 LIVE updates
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