French Open 2022: 19-year-old Holger Rune reached the quarter-finals in his first important draw look after taking out 4th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in 4 units on Monday, May 30.
French Open: 19-year-old Rune stuns 2021 finalist Tsitsipas to achieve quarters (AP Photo)
HIGHLIGHTSRune defeated 4th seed Tsitsipas in 4 units within the 4th sphericalThe 19-year-old is the primary Danish man to achieve the RG quartersTsitsipas appeared shaky because the final 12 months’s finalist crashed out
While the ladies’s singles draw has seen prime seeds crash out at a shocking fee, the lads’s singles subject on the Roland Garros noticed the primary large upset as 4th seed and final 12 months’s finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas crashed out within the 4th spherical on Monday, May 30.
The World No.4 Tsisipas was overwhelmed 5-7, 6-3, 3-6, 4-6 by 19-year-old Holger Rune on the Philippe Chatrier.
It was a shocking efficiency by teenager Rune as he turned the primary Danish man to achieve the quarter-final of a Grand Slam since 1967 and the first-ever to take action on the French Open. Notably, Rune has reached the quarter-final in his first important draw look on the clay-court Grand Slam.
Historic Holger
19-year-old @holgerrune2003 turns into the primary Danish man to achieve the quarter-finals in event historical past beautiful Tsitsipas 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/Z9Oo3TkhAn
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 30, 2022
Rune joins one other 19-year-old, Carlos Alcaraz, within the last-eight phases of French Open 2022. The highlight was on Alcaraz after his dream run on clay this season however Rune has stayed below the radar and has taken out some large names, together with Stefanos Tsitsipas and Denis Shapovalov in Paris.
Rune clinched his maiden ATP Tour title in Munich final month and is 13-6 on clay this season at tour-level occasions.
