On a day that saw Stefanos Tsitsipas set up a mouth-watering quarter-final clash against Carlos Alcaraz and most of the remaining top-10 seeds progress through the fourth round of French Open 2024, what caught many an eye was Iga Swiatek's double-bagel win over Anastasia Potapova. (Full Coverage | Tennis News)
Th🔜at, and much more in our recap of Day 8 at Roland Garros.
Dimitrov Ousts Hurkacz In All Top-10 Clash
In the only all top-10 clash of the day, the 10th-ranked Grigor Dimitrov trumped eighth seed Hubert Hurkacz in straight sets. With that, the Bulgarian made his firstಞ quarter-final at the clay-court major. The 33-year-old hasꦰ now entered the last eight at each of the four Majors.
Swiatek's Double-Bagel Victory Over Potapova
In an astoundingly ruthless display, world number 1 Iga Swiatek blanked Anastasia Potapova 6-0, 6-0 in a mere 40 minutes. This was the shortest match of Swiatek's career. The Polish star lost just 10 points in the entire match, and did not face a single break point. The match was the second-fastest compl꧃eted one ever at Roland Garros, after Steffi Graf’s 32-minute victory over Natasha Zvereva in the 1988 final.
Tsitsipas Sets Up Alcaraz Showdown In QFs
It took all of Stefanos Tsitsipas' fighting prowess to claw his way back from a set and 3-5 down against Matteo Arnaldi in the round of 16. The Greek number 9 then saved three set points, forced a tie🦂 break and won the second set in 74 minutes before going on to win the intense clash. He will now meet Spanish sensation Carlos Alcaraz, who brushed aside Felix Auger-Aliassime to enter his third successive French Open quarter-final.
Sinner Digs Deep To Dispatch Moutet
An under-arm serve and a series ജof delicious drop shots from Corentin Moutet caught Jannik Sinner off-guard in the first set. But the 22-year-old world number 2 regained his composure, found his usual rhythm and upped the ante to outplay home favourite Moutet in four sets and set up a last-🐎eight clash against Dimitrov.
French Open Day 8 Key Results
Iga Swiatek (1) beat Anastasia Potapova, 6-0, 6-0
Ma🧔rketa Vondrousova (💃5) beat Olga Danilovic (Q), 6-4, 6-2
Coco♚ Gauff (3) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto, 6-1, 6-2
Ons Jabeur (8) beat Clara Tauson, 6-4, 6-4
Stefanos Tsitsipas (9) be🎃at Matteo Arnaldi🍃, 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-2, 6-2
Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Felix Auger-Al☂iassime (21), 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
Grig🌞or Dimitrov (10) beat Hubert Hurka🌌cz (8), 7-6(5), 6-4, 7-6(3)
Jannik Sinner (2) beat Coren𓂃tin Moutet, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1
