Roland Garros will get a new Grand Slam winner this year, after the biggest favorites dropped out or withdrew from the Paris tournament.
Whoever wins the title on earth in eight days Roland Garrosfor the first time in his career he will become Grand Slam winner.
After it is Carlos Alcaraz canceled the performance due to injury, and during the tournament they were eliminated Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovicon paper the German became the first favorite Alexander Zverevthe second seed of the tournament.
Zverev has played in the Grand Slam finals three times in his career, but has yet to win the title. The final was played on US Open 2020., to Roland Garros 2024. and Australian Open 2025..
Zverev advanced to the fourth round
In the third round Alexander Zverev defeated the local representative with minor problems Quentin Halys as a result 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2.
In the next round, they will play against the lucky loser from the qualification, the Dutchman Jesper de Jong.
De Jong knocked out the 13th seed, the Russian, in a dramatic match Karena Hacanovaas a result 7-5, 5-7, 6-2, 6-7(2), 6-2.
Ruud saved two match points and went on
One of the most dramatic matches of the day was played by a Norwegian Casper Ruud and an American Tommy Paul.
Ruud is after four hours and 45 minutes game celebrated with a result 4-6, 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(4), 7-5.
The Norwegian pulled away from a backlog of 0-2 in setsand in the fourth set he saved two match points for the result 4-5. In the fifth set, when serving for the tie-break, Paul missed the lead from 40-0.
Like Zverev, Ruud also played in the Grand Slam finals three times during his career. Twice it was on to Roland Garroswhere in 2022 he lost to Rafael Nadaland in 2023 from Novak Djokovic.
Fonseca knocks Djokovic out after a big reversal
The next opponent Casper Ruud will be a 19-year-old Brazilian João Fonsecawho prepared one of the biggest surprises of the tournament, writes Hina.
Fonseca is after a backlog of 0-2 in sets mastered Novak Djokovic as a result 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 7-5.
Results of the third round for tennis players
- Andrei Rublev – Nuno Borges 7-5, 7-6(2), 7-6(2)
- Pablo Carreno Bust – Thiago Agustin Tirante 7-6(0), 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
- João Fonseca – Novak Djokovic 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 7-5
- Rafael Jodar – Alex Michelsen 7-6(2), 6-7(5), 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Casper Ruud – Tommy Paul 4-6, 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(4), 7-5
- Jakub Menšik – Alex De Minaur 0-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
- Jesper de Jong – Karen Khachanov 7-5, 5-7, 6-2, 6-7(2), 6-2
The results of the third round of female tennis players
- Marta Kostyuk – Viktoria Golubic 6-4, 6-3
- Iga Šwiatek – Magda Linette 6-4, 6-4
- Mira Andreeva – Marie Bouzkova 6-4, 6-2
- Jill Teichmann – Karolina Muchova 6-1, 7-5
- Sorana Cirste – Solana Sierra 6-0, 6-0
- Xiyu Wang – Julia Starodubceva 6-3, 7-5
- Elina Svitolina – Tamara Korpatsch 6-2, 6-3
- Belinda Bencic – Peyton Stearns 6-3, 6-3
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