PARIS, May 31 (Reuters) – Highlights of the eighth day at the French Open on Sunday (times GMT):
2228 MENSIK, FONSECA REACH QUARTER-FINALS
Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca reached his first Grand Slam quarter-final with a hard-fought 7-5 7-6(8) 5-7 6-2 victory over 15th seed Casper Ruud to continue his breakthrough run. The 19-year-old will next face Jakub Mensik, who defeated 11th seed Andrey Rublev 6-3 7-6(6) 4-6 2-6 6-3 to also reach his maiden major quarter-final.
1701 ANDREEVA SETS UP CIRSTEA CLASH
Former semi-finalist Mirra Andreeva brushed aside Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann 6-3 6-2. The Russian eighth seed will face Romania’s Sorana Cirstea in the quarter-finals.
1603 ZVEREV BEATS DE JONG
Former finalist Alexander Zverev overcame early nerves to beat Jesper De Jong 7-6(3) 6-4 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals, where the German second seed will face Rafael Jodar.
1512 TEENAGER JODAR REACHES LAST EIGHT
Spanish 19-year-old Rafael Jodar fought back to beat compatriot Pablo Carreno Busta 4-6 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time.
1320 SVITOLINA TO FACE FELLOW UKRAINIAN KOSTYUK IN QUARTERS
Ukrainian seventh seed Elina Svitolina reached the French Open’s quarter-finals for the sixth time in her career, knocking out Switzerland’s 11th seed Belinda Bencic 4-6 6-4 6-0. She will face fellow Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk in the last eight.
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1106 CIRSTEA THROUGH TO LAST EIGHT
Romanian 18th seed Sorana Cirstea beat China’s Wang Xiyu 6-3 7-6(4) to reach the French Open quarter-finals for the second time.
1049 SWIATEK KNOCKED OUT BY KOSTYUK
Iga Swiatek’s quest for a fifth French Open crown was ended by Ukrainian 15th seed Marta Kostyuk, who knocked out the Polish world number three 7-5 6-1 in the fourth round.
0906 PLAY UNDERWAY
Play began at Roland Garros with temperatures hovering around 20 degrees Celsius in Paris and expected to peak at 22, significantly cooler than the sweltering conditions that caused problems for several players in the first week of the tournament.
FRENCH OPEN ORDER OF PLAY ON SUNDAY (prefix number denotes seeding):
COURT PHILIPPE CHATRIER
15-Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine) v 3-Iga Swiatek (Poland)
7-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) v 11-Belinda Bencic (Switzerland)
Jesper de Jong (Netherlands) v 2-Alexander Zverev (Germany)
15-Casper Ruud (Norway) v 28-Joao Fonseca (Brazil)
COURT SUZANNE-LENGLEN
18-Sorana Cirstea (Romania) v Wang Xinyu (China)
27-Rafael Jodar (Spain) v Pablo Carreno Busta (Spain)
8-Mirra Andreeva (Russia) v Jil Teichmann (Switzerland)
26-Jakub Mensik (Czech Republic) v 11-Andrey Rublev (Russia)
(Compiled by Aadi Nair and Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru; Edited by Andrew Cawthorne)
