Russian World No. 5 Medvedev loses 6-4, 2-6, 1-6, 3-6 to Australia’s Alex de Minaur in fourth round; second-ranked Sinner through to quarter-final
Russia’s Daniil Medvedev returns to Australia’s Alex De Minaur at the French Open in Paris yesterday. Pic/AFP
Daniil Medvedev suffered a four-set loss to Australia’s Alex de Minaur in the French Open fourth round on Monday as his disappointing record at Roland Garros continued. The Russian fifth seed, a former US Open champion and six-time Grand Slam finalist, started strongly but slipped to a 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 defeat.
De Minaur will face either Alexander Zverev or Holger Rune in his second Slam quarter-final and first since the 2020 US Open.
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Italy’s Jannik Sinner celebrates his victory over Corentin Moutet of France in Paris yesterday
Medvedev’s best performance in the French Open remains a quarter-final run in 2021, while he has also lost in the first round in five of his eight appearances. “Alex played better,” admitted Medvedev, who doubled-faulted on match point.
“To be honest, I’m disappointed to lose, but I don’t have anything to tell myself in a tough way like I was not, good attitude today or I was not fighting till the end. I did all of this. He played better,” he added.
Alex’s maiden Round 3 entry
De Minaur had never got past the second round at the tournament before this year, winning just three of 10 matches. But he has improved on clay this season, also reaching a first Masters quarter-final on the surface in Monte Carlo.
Meanwhile, Second seed Jannik Sinner dropped his first set of the tournament but recovered to beat Corentin Moutet 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 to reach the French Open quarter-finals.
The 79th-ranked Moutet, the last Frenchman left in the draw, rattled off the opening five games of the match before Sinner wrested back control and eased to a four-set victory. “It was very tough for me. I think he played very, very well in the first set, so I had to adjust a little bit,” said Sinner.
Paolini powers through
In a women’s match, Italy’s Jasmine Paolini reached her first Grand Slam quarter-final with a 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 win over unseeded Russian Elina Avanesyan at the French Open.
Fourth seed Elena Rybakina overpowered Elina Svitolina with a straight-sets victory to reach the French Open quarter-finals for the second time. The Kazakh eased to a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Ukraine’s Svitolina after just 69 minutes.
Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva became the youngest player to reach the women’s quarter-finals at the French Open since 2005 by defeating home hope Varvara Gracheva. Andreeva downed Gracheva 7-5, 6-2 to book a last-eight spot at a Grand Slam for the first time.
Aged 17 and 27 days, she is the youngest female player to make the quarters since Bulgarian Sesil Karatantcheva achieved the feat at 15.
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