Weekend Action Trimmed the Competition at the French Open, But Most (Or All) of the Big Stars Remain
It’s Week 2 in Paris, and the biggest stars in tennis are still swinging. An action-packed weekend at the French Open saw the fields dwindle from about 64-plus competitors to just eight by the end of tonight. Half of the quarterfinals are set with top players like Coco Gauff, Iga Swiatek, and Carlos Alcaraz. Novak Djokovic looks to add his name to the quarterfinal bracket this morning after a long, long night on Saturday. He needed five sets to finish off Lorenzo Musetti somewhere after 3:00 am local time. Only a handful of top-10 players have been eliminated, so Week 2 promises to bring some must-see matchups. Here’s the latest:
Notable Top-10 Knockouts
W: #7 Qinwen Zheng
M: #6 Andrey Rublev / #8 Hubert Hurkacz
Women’s Singles (4th Round)
#1 I. Swiatek def. A. Potapova (6-0, 6-0)
#3 C. Gauff def. E. Cocciaretto (6-1, 6-2)
Men’s Singles (4th Round)
#3 C. Alcaraz def. #21 F. Auger-A (6-3, 6-3, 6-1)
#9 S. Tsitsipas def. M. Arnaldi (3-6, 7-6, 6-2, 6-2)
Today’s Schedule (Notable Matches)
W: #4 E. Rybakina vs. #15 E. Svitolina (5:00 am ET)
W: #2 A. Sabalenka vs. #22 E. Navarro (6:15 am ET)
M: #1 N. Djokovic vs. #23 F. Cerundolo (10:00 am ET)
M: #4 A. Zverev vs. #13 H. Rune (2:15 pm ET)
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