End of the dream for Fiona Ferro
The last French chance fell 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 against the American Sofia Kenin (seeded n ° 4) on Monday.
The protégé of Emmanuel Planque started her round of 16 well before being overwhelmed by the winner of the Australian Open who has an appointment with the Tunisian Ons Jabeur or the American Danielle Collins in the quarter-finals.
The French (23 years old, 49th in the world) will have, like Hugo Gaston or Clara Burel, lived a campaign full of hopes (notably her round of 16 against the Romanian Patricia Maria Tig) which should serve her in the coming months.
She is no longer afraid to impose her game and her fighting spirit allows her to try to compete with the best.
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Kenin extinguished Ferro, the last French competitor
The world's number 1 in metronome
Without being completely convincing, sometimes even inconstant, Novak Djokovic continued his flawless journey by dispatching the powerful Karen Khachanov on Monday in three sets (6-4, 6-3, 6-3).
Under the roof of the Philippe-Chatrier court, the Serbian swallowed the No. 15 seed with leather barely thicker than the three previous opponents, rolled by the world number 1.
A healthy walk during which "Nole" was still very scary.
In the first set, he unintentionally sent a bullet in the face of a linesman on a serve from his opponent.
The player immediately went to apologize to the man in his chair.
This event is obviously reminiscent of the one that led to his exclusion from the US Open, when, annoyed, he hit a ball that accidentally landed in the head of a referee.
On Saturday at the end of his 3rd round, he was also in favor of the elimination of the linesmen, believing that the technology could very well replace them.
Tsitsipas destroys the obstacle Dimitrov
Grigor Dimitrov did not weigh very heavily against Stefanos Tsitsipas (6-3, 7-6, 6-2), the first Greek in history to set foot in the quarterfinals of the Paris tournament.
The Athenian did not have to draw on his resources to dismiss the colt of André Agassi, author of 50 unforced errors despite a small warning in the eye.
"
I don't really know what it is, it's an irritation, it also happened to me in the previous match,
" reassured the 6th player in the world who will face Andrey Rublev in the quarter-finals.
The talented Russian had more difficulty to overcome Marton Fucsovics (6-7, 7-5, 6-4, 7-6), a success that will open the doors of the World Top 10 after the fortnight on earth beaten.
He too will play his first quarter-final in Paris just days after his success in Hamburg.
On paper, an extremely balanced confrontation.
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Nadal and Thiem in test
On the verge of taking the door against pocket Zébulon Hugo Gaston on Sunday, will Dominic Thiem have recovered from his grueling 3:32 fight on central court to face his great friend of the circuit, Diego Schwartzman, in quarterfinal, this Tuesday? ?
“
The last few weeks have been tough.
I am not 100%.
I have to recover as best I can.
If I get there, it will be a fun game.
If I do not succeed, it is he who will have a good match on Tuesday
”, admitted the Austrian winner at the US Open, very marked after his round of 16.
The Argentinian (1.70 m), still a small size for Thiem, arrives launched like a ball having not lost a single set since the start of the tournament.
Before finding, perhaps the finalist of the 2019 edition in the semi-finals, Nadal will have to dismiss the fiery Jannik Sinner, the Italian revelation of the tournament with whom he has already trained.
“
He has a lot of potential.
He handles his racket very quickly and hits extraordinary shots
, ”warns the defending champion who has still not lost a single set this year at Porte d'Auteuil.
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