Medvedev, Tsitsipas crash out

Daniil Medvedev.

PARIS – World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev and fourth-ranked Stefanos Tsitsipas crashed out of the French Open in the fourth round on Monday as women’s top seed Iga Swiatek took her winning streak to 32 matches after surviving a huge scare.

US Open champion Medvedev was beaten by 20th seed Marin Cilic 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 under two hours on Court Philippe Chatrier.

Tsitsipas, the 2021 runner-up to Novak Djokovic, was defeated by Danish teenager Holger Rune 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 earlier in the day.

Cilic will face Russia’s Andrey Rublev in his third career Roland Garros quarterfinal.

Rublev made the quarterfinals for the second time when Italian opponent Jannik Sinner retired with a left knee injury with the Russian 1-6, 6-4, 2-0 ahead.

Rune became the first Danish man to reach the French Open quarterfinals when he shocked Tsitsipas.

Rune, just 19 and ranked 40, swept to a memorable win on the back of 54 winners.

With fellow 19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz already into the quarter-finals, it’s the first time two teenagers have made it this far in Paris since Hendrik Dreekman and Andrei Medvedev 28 years ago.

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