French Open: Medvedev to face Tsitsipas in high-octane quarter-final conflict

Second seed Daniil Medvedev’s new love affair with clay continued to blossom on Sunday with the Russian marching into the quarter-finals of the French Open with a commanding 6-2 6-1 7-5 win over Chilean twenty second seed Cristian Garin.
Medvedev, who has reached two Grand Slam finals on hardcourts however had by no means received a match in 4 earlier appearances on the purple clay at Roland Garros, got here into the conflict in opposition to Garin having misplaced of their earlier assembly on clay, on the Madrid Masters.

Second seed. Second week✌️@DaniilMedwed downs Garin 6-2, 6-1, 7-5 to advance to a primary fourth spherical in Paris. Up subsequent, Tsitsipas.#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/eFh4C6BeXo
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 6, 2021
But Garin didn’t put up a lot resistance because the rangy Russian peppered the sun-bathed Suzanne Lenglen courtroom with winners, particularly from his laser-precise backhand, breaking his opponent’s serve twice in every of the primary two units.
Garin, whose 5 singles titles have all come on clay, wanted medical consideration for issues together with his proper arm and neck earlier than the third set and returned to the courtroom an improved participant, breaking Medvedev for the primary time within the match.
It was Medvedev’s flip to name the coach on courtroom to verify an arm situation whereas trailing 2-0 and he quickly discovered his vary once more to win three video games in a row to degree the third set at 3-3.
The Russian then obtained one other break within the eleventh sport and sealed the match with a backhand winner down the road – his forty sixth of the match – to arrange a mouth-watering conflict in opposition to Greek fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, who thrashed Twelfth-seeded Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain 6-3 6-2 7-5.

No stopping Stefanos 🛑
No. 5 seed @steftsitsipas secures his place again within the #RolandGarros quarter-finals after overcoming Carreno Busta 6-3, 6-2, 7-5. pic.twitter.com/Pad8V92qYw
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 6, 2021
“The fans love it, I love it, I love playing with people, I love attention,” Tsitsipas, who performed his earlier match in an empty stadium due to the native 9 p.m. COVID-induced curfew, mentioned in a courtside interview.
“It’s a privilege and a great sensation for me. Today it was working good for me, I felt like my tactics were working even if I missed some of my drop shots.”