Birthday cake for Swiatek as Pole turns 22 at French Open
The French Open quarter-final line-up is almost complete as the fourth round at Roland Garros concludes on Monday.
Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff and Ons Jabeur are among those looking to join Aryna Sabalenka in the last eight of the women’s draw, with the Belarusian showcasing her strength with a 7-6 6-4 victory over Sloane Stephens on Sunday night. Swiatek will look to continue the defence of her title against Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko, with the world No 1 on a streak of 20 games in a row ahead of this last-16 clash.
In the men’s draw, fourth seed Casper Ruud and sixth seed Holger Rune can set up a rematch of last year’s heated French Open clash with progress to the quarter-finals. They’ll be aiming to join the likes of Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz in the last eight after the pair moved ever closer to a blockbuster semi-final match-up by easing through their fourth-round matches on Sunday.
Follow live scores and updates from the French Open as the fourth round continues.
French Open 2023: Latest scores
Nicolas Jarry 2-3 Casper Ruud
Break! At his seventh chance, Jarry converts to get this opening set back on serve. The Chilean was wasteful again with a loose forehand but stuck in the game and gets his reward as Ruud floats a slice over the baseline.
Jamie Braidwood5 June 2023 12:06
French Open 2023: Latest scores
Nicolas Jarry 0-2 Casper Ruud
Wouldn’t you just know it. After missing five break points, Jarry rather hands Ruud the break straight away with two galling forehand misses.
Jamie Braidwood5 June 2023 11:50
French Open 2023: Latest scores
Nicolas Jarry 0-1 Casper Ruud
Last year’s French Open runner-up Casper Ruud hasn’t been at his best this year at Roland Garros – but will need to be if he is to see off the challenge of Nicolas Jarry on Philippe-Chatrier. The Chilean, ranked 35, defeated Ruud on his way to winning the clay-court tournament in Geneva last week. It was Jarry’s second title on clay this season and the 27-year-old is in the form of his life as he plays in the fourth round of a grand slam for the first time.
Jarry goes on the attack straight away and has a total of five break points in Ruud’s opening service game. He can’t talk any of them, and Ruud escapes with the hold!
Jamie Braidwood5 June 2023 11:42
French Open highlights: Novak Djokovic moves closer to Carlos Alcaraz clash
Djokovic looked rather convincing yesterday as he brushed aside Juan Pablo Varillas in straight sets.
Jamie Braidwood5 June 2023 11:39
French Open 2023: Latest scores
Sara Sorribes Tormo 7-6 Beatriz Haddad Maia
Jabeur’s draw has been opened up by Elena Rybakina’s withdrawal from Roland Garros due to illness, which was announced on Saturday ahead of her third-round match. It gave Sara Sorribes Tormo a walkover and the Spaniard is now a set up against the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia.
Sorribes Tormo was involved in controversy yesterday as she was on the doubles team that were playing when opponent Miyu Kato was disqualified for hitting a ball girl.
Jamie Braidwood5 June 2023 11:29
French Open 2023: Game, set and match!
Ons Jabeur 6-3 6-1 Bernardo Pera
Ons Jabeur advances to the French Open quarter-finals for the first time! The Tunisian took over an hour to brush aside the poor Bernardo Pera, who just couldn’t hold serve to save her life. Neither could Jabeur for much of it, but the Wimbledon and US Open finalist still produced a wonderful array of winners and drop-shots to delight the Philippe-Chatrier crowd. Her game is far from complete at the moment, but Jabeur is getting there…
Jamie Braidwood5 June 2023 11:15
French Open 2023: Latest scores
Bernarda Pera 3-6 1-4 Ons Jabeur
Jabeur volleys a ball in frustration as Pera pushes for another break – but the American can’t convert the break points as she gifts Jabeur the hold with a couple of errors. It puts Jabeur in total control of this very strange contest.
Jamie Braidwood5 June 2023 11:04
French Open 2023: Latest scores
Bernarda Pera 3-6 1-1 Ons Jabeur
More breaks! Pera moves ahead at the start of the second set after breaking Jabeur, but then the seventh seed immediately brings up three break points in the next game. A forehand winner gets the break straight back.
Jamie Braidwood5 June 2023 10:52
French Open 2023: Latest scores
Bernarda Pera 3-6 Ons Jabeur
Set! Remarkable. Jabeur takes the set after holding serve just once against Pera – who was broken every time. Jabeur showed some wonderful flashes of shot-making but there were plenty of errors too, which really is quite fitting for her French Open so far. Jabeur herself has spoken about how her game just isn’t quite there at the moment.
Pera, though, won just nine per cent of her second-serve points…
Jamie Braidwood5 June 2023 10:45
French Open 2023: Latest scores
Bernarda Pera 2-4 Ons Jabeur
Breaks, everywhere! There’s only been one hold of serve so far, and that was Jabeur in her opening game. Pera has done well to disrupt Jabeur’s serve and the Tunisian has been unable to settle into this one. The American’s own service game is looking shaky, however.
Jamie Braidwood5 June 2023 10:34