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Jannik Sinner (1) closed out day nine at the 2025 French Open with a commanding 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 victory against Andrey Rublev (17).
It had been a busy day at Roland Garros with Americans Coco Gauff (2) and Madison Keys (7) booking their quarterfinal places, while Jessica Pegula (3) was stunned in three sets by French wild card Lois Boisson.
Elsewhere, Novak Djokovic (6) and Alexander Zverev (3) easily made the last eight before Jack Draper (5) was stunned after taking the first set against Alexander Bublik.
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Another dominant Novak Djokovic today and he needed just two hours and 15 minutes to see off Cameron Norrie. More impressively, it is the 16th consecutive year the Serbian has reached the quarterfinals at the French Open.
His quest for slam No. 25 is still intact, as he aims to surpass Margaret Court as the record holder for most career Grand Slams won. However, the path to that milestone won't be easy.
Djokovic faces last year's beaten finalist Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinals while world No.1 Jannik Sinner likely awaits in the semis. And, if he was to get past those two, the 38-year-old would then probably face defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in Sunday's final.
If he was to go all the way this week, would that cement his legacy as the greatest player of all time?
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It has been a successful outing at Roland Garros for Americans on both the men's and women's sides of the draw.
Paris hasn't been kind to men from the U.S. in recent years. Before this week, Andre Agassi was the last male player to make the quarterfinal all the way back in 2003.
Frances Tiafoe and Tommy Paul have already set that record straight and are now bidding for semifinal places when they face Europeans Lorenzo Musetti and Carlos Alcaraz tomorrow.
American women, namely Serena Williams, have fared better in the 21st century and there will be one of her compatriots in the quarterfinals. Madison Keys and Coco Gauff meet on Wednesday knowing that victory will move them one win away from Saturday's final.
It was another hectic day at Roland Garros and there were storylines aplenty.
For most of the day, it all went as expected, until Alexander Bublik shocked No.5 seed and genuine title contender Jack Draper.
Among the topics of discussion in The Athletic's takeaways from the day were:
Make sure to give it a read at the link below.
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Jannik Sinner came into the French Open with only the Italian Open under his belt having spent three months on the sidelines after serving a suspension imposed by the World Anti Doping Authority for a positive test of Clostebol in 2024.
That left him without any tournament practice between winning the Australian Open in January and an appearance in the final in his home tournament, where he lost out to Carlos Alcaraz.
So has that time off been helpful or left him lacking ahead of the second major of the year? Well the evidence seems to suggest he is faring pretty well so far as he progresses to the quarterfinals.
But the real evidence will be if he is taken to five sets, then has to recover in a short space of time before another match. So far, though, he looks to be at peak conditioning and is going through the gears gradually as the tournament progresses.
Jannik Sinner has been trying something new at Roland Garros — a more open body position as he prepares for the return of serve.
It's an interesting shift specifically coming into this tournament that so far has served him well, as he explained in his on court interview:
💬 “We changed it before this tournament. I felt like sometimes I was out of rhythm so this gives me rhythm to go through the ball, especially in the first serves. They come very fast so sometimes you block from both sides.
“The second serve return I try to change it up a little from the back and go close. From the back it was working very well. It was a bit breezy so from one side you could serve in one way and from the other a different way.
“It's a very technical game but I always try to improve as a player and try new things. Some things work very well like today and so we try to keep going to see how it goes.”
What a match this promises to be.
Jannik Sinner will face Alexander Bublik, who dumped British hopeful Jack Draper out of the tournament today in a stellar performance.
Bublik is an extraordinary character — an entertainer first and foremost on court, but also a player who has said he lacks the elite motivation of those at the top of the sport.
Sinner is a player who epitomises exactly that. After today's matches, we can't wait for this match up.
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Jannik Sinner's next opponent in the quarterfinals is Alexander Bublik, who pulled off the stunning win against No.5 seed Jack Draper in four sets today 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.
He became the first player to represent Kazakhstan to make a Grand Slam quarterfinal. But he will have his work cut out to go any further.
Sinner leads the career head to head 3-1. However, this will be their first meeting on clay.
Sinner and Bublik have squared off twice on hard court and twice on grass, including their last meeting which Bublik won in Halle in 2023.
This is the big rivalry that everyone is expecting in this post Djokovic-Nadal-Federer world and we could see it for the first time in a Grand Slam final on Sunday.
As the world's two best players, Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are on separate sides of the men's draw and will meet in this weekend's showpiece if they both win in the quarter and semifinal.
They have met three times at the majors with Sinner winning first at Wimbledon in 2022 before Alcaraz triumphed in New York later that year and here at Roland Garros in the semis 12 months ago.
Come on lads, give the people what they want!
Jannik Sinner is a three-time Grand Slam champion, but the French Open trophy is one that he hasn't been able to add to his cabinet yet.
And it is the major where he has had the least success in his short career so far. The Italian has made just one semifinal in Paris and has not yet been to the final.
Alexander Bublik stands in his way in the next match and, if Sinner wins that, he will face either Alexander Zverev or Novak Djokovic in the semifinal.
Another player to look out for tomorrow for US followers is Frances Tiafoe (15), who is back in action in a tasty clash against Italy's Lorenzo Musetti (8).
Musetti dispatched fellow top ten seed Holger Rune (10) in the last round and comes into the match as the favourite of the two players.
But like the bright blue kit he has worn all tournament, Tiafoe is always capable of an eye catching performance.
The 27-year-old has been in fine form on clay in Paris with straight set dispatches of all his opponents so far, the latest of which was Germany's Daniel Altmaier in the last round.
The draw is shaping up nicely on Tiafoe's side of the competition if he can topple a player very adept to the surface when they meet tomorrow.
Day ten is on the horizon at Roland Garros and we have American interest in two men's singles matches on Court Philippe-Chatrier.
In the evening primetime slot Tommy Paul (12) is back and looking to book his place in the quarter final against Carlos Alcaraz (1) — no easy test.
Alcaraz is making a bid to be the heir to compatriot Rafa Nadal's king of clay title after winning last year's French Open title but Paul stands in his way.
The 28-year-old has overcome adversity in early round tests that ran over five sets before a straight sets win in the last round over Alexei Popyrin to get to this stage. Can he pull off an upset?
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With today's victory, Jannik Sinner's impressive winning ways continue. In fact, Sinner's only lost twice since the Canadian Open last year. Both losses came to one player: Carlos Alcaraz.
Alcaraz beat Sinner last year at the 2024 China Open final in Beijing. Then, the Spaniard beat the Italian this year in the Italian Open final in May.
Sinner's last defeat at a slam came against Daniil Medvedev in the quarterfinal of last year's Wimbledon.
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With the final fourth-round match in the books, let's take a look at the lineup for the men's quarterfinals.
All eyes on those two Americans in action tomorrow…
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Our match winner has been speaking on court about his performance and his mental fortitude in tests like today's straight-sets win over Andrey Rublev.
💬 "I am very happy, we both know each other very well. We have played many times against each other and we have tried to change up a little bit our game style. I'm happy because things can quickly go in a bad way especially in five sets. I'm very happy to do it in three and night sessions are always so special here in Paris.
"Inside there is a storm going on. But tennis is a very mental game and you try not to show anything to your opponent. When you see your opponent struggling, you always try to raise (your game). I am someone who is a lot on the other side, I try to understand how my opponent is feeling. In the beginning of my career the storm was also on the outside, not just the inside."
That victory for Jannik Sinner means both semifinals lineups are complete — here are the eight women competing for the crown at Roland Garros.
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The mark of a champion?
He's won plenty so far and Jannik Sinner has take another step towards his goal of being crowned Roland Garros champion.
That was a clinical dispatch of Andrey Rublev in two hours as the Russian left the court with a wry smile and a shake of the head at what he just came up against.
Sinner 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 Rublev
Jannik Sinner breaks for the first time in the third set to win 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 over Andrey Rublev. It was a dominating display with the world No.1 cruising into the quarterfinals without dropping a set.
Credit must go to Rublev who fought hard in the third set, but he didn't break Sinner once all night having failed to take any of his three break-point opportunities.
The Italian is 12-0 in sets at this year's Roland Garros, only losing 30 games over the first four matches, with his average time on court being an hour and 56 minutes. Today's match lasted exactly two hours.
Sinner takes on Alexander Bublik, who beat Jack Draper earlier on, in the quarterfinals.
Quite possibly, as Jannik Sinner moves to within one game of this match.
It has been such an impressive night from the Italian. He was always the favourite but a dismantling of this nature — even with an improved third set from Andrey Rublev — sets down a real marker.
Rublev just closed his eyes for a moment of reflection or visualisation at changeover. He needs some magic here and to continue with his aggressive shot making if he is to take this to a fourth set.

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