At 1-6, 2-6, 4-5 down, Diego Schwartzman could be forgiven for thinking it might not be his day on Monday at Roland Garros. But, instead, the Argentine was just getting started. The Rio Open presented by Claro titlist broke serve at 4-5 in both the third and fourth sets en route to a remarkable comeback, beating Kevin Anderson 1-6, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6(0), 6-2 to reach his first quarter-final at the clay-court Grand Slam championship. "It's definitely one of the most emotional matches that I can say I have played," said Schwartzman. Schwartzman, who had never previously come from two sets to love down, became the eighth Argentine to reach multiple Grand Slam quarter-finals in the Open Era after three hours...
Marco Cecchinato became just the second Italian man to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final since 1998 on Sunday, upsetting No. 8 seed David Goffin 7-5, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 on Sunday at Roland Garros. The Gazprom Hungarian Open champion, competing in only his fifth Grand Slam, joins Fabio Fognini (2011 Roland Garros) as the only two Italian men to reach the last eight of a major since Davide Sanguinetti (1998 Wimbledon). Prior to Roland Garros, Cecchinato had never won a Grand Slam main draw match (0-4). World No. 72 Cecchinato converted six of 18 break point chances en route to victory after two hours and 31 minutes, becoming the lowest-ranked man to reach the quarter-finals at Roland Garros since Ernests Gulbis...
It was a milestone day for Novak Djokovic in Paris. The Serbian defeated Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in the Roland Garros fourth round on Sunday, claiming a few slices of history with the victory. Entering the fortnight in Paris, only two men had appeared in a Grand Slam quarter-final on 40 occasions. Until now. Djokovic joined Roger Federer (52) and Jimmy Connors (41) in the exclusive club, as the 2016 champion fired 21 winners and converted on five of 10 break chances to etch his name in the record books. In addition, the Serbian reached the last eight at Roland Garros for the ninth straight time, equaling Federer’s Open Era record for most consecutive quarter-final appearances on the terre...
Alexander Zverev reached his maiden Grand Slam quarter-final on Saturday, defeating Russia's Karen Khachanov 4-6, 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 at Roland Garros. The 21-year-old won his third consecutive five-set match to defeat the World No. 38 and become the youngest Roland Garros quarter-finalist since Juan Martin del Potro (20) in 2009. Zverev also came from two sets to one down to beat Dusan Lajovic in the second round and recovered from a two-set deficit, saving match point, to beat Damir Dzumhur in the third round. "I'm very happy about being in the quarter-finals here, going the hard way, going long distance every single time and showing myself, showing everybody, that I can play for as long as I need to,"...
Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic have had a sensational season, winning four tour-level titles and reaching two additional finals. And based on their efforts thus far at Roland Garros, the Austrian-Croatian pair shows no signs of slowing down. Marach/Pavic overcame a second-set hiccup to beat Salvadorian Marcelo Arevalo and American Jamie Cerretani 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 on Sunday in Paris to advance to the quarter-finals. They are now 34-6 on the season and are currently No. 1 in the ATP Doubles Race To London. They will get a chance to improve that record against fifth seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah, who battled from a set down to defeat Dutch/Australian duo Wesley Koolhof and Artem Sitak 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 The Colombians,...