It is not yet known who will be in the final of this 2022 edition of the tournament.
But it will not be the same poster as the previous edition.
Because it's over for the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas.
The world number 3 and finalist in 2021 against Novak Djokovic fell in the round of 16 against the yellow Dane Holger Rune.
At 19, the young Viking prodigy won in four sets 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
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Faller of the Frenchman Hugo Gaston two days earlier, the Dane who, until then, had never passed the first round in a Grand Slam tournament offered himself the first quarter-final of his career by dynamiting the Greek.
Winner of the first set after more than an hour of play, Rune let loose in the second set to let Tsitsipas regain his confidence.
Nevertheless, the Dane is solid in his head and he started again in the third set won 6-3.
He had started the fourth set perfectly well by leading 5-2 but the fear of winning caused him some fears.
Before he won 6-4.
In the next round, Rune will face the Norwegian Casper Ruud, who defeated Tsonga at the start of the tournament.
The victory of Holger Rune already imposes two observations.
The defeat of Tsitsipas opens a boulevard towards the title to the other half of the table, the one where Djokovic, Nadal and Alcaraz appear.
The Greek was their most serious adversary.
This success also predicts a bright future for tennis.
We talk a lot about Carlos Alcaraz but Holger Rune is the same age.
Even better, the two new tennis prodigies were born a few days apart, Rune on April 29, 2003 and Alcaraz on May 5.
