This Monday, the last Frenchwoman still in the running, Varvara Gracheva, plays her round of 16 against the Russian Mirra Andreeva. World number 1 Novak Djokovic, who played until 3:06 a.m. on the night of Saturday to Sunday, also plays his round of 16 against Francisco Cerundolo. Follow our live stream.
World number 1 Novak Djokovic, who played until 3:06 a.m. in the night from Saturday to Sunday, will play his round of 16 against Francisco Cerundolo on Monday afternoon at Philippe-Chatrier, during the 9th day of Roland-Garros. The other match of the day, pitting Alexander Zverev against Holger Rune, was scheduled for the evening on the same court where, earlier, Elena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka attempted to advance to the quarters. Among the eighths on the Suzanne Lenglen show, there is the one between Daniil Medvedev and Alex De Minaur.
The main information:
- This Monday the last round of 16 of Roland-Garros will be played
- The last Frenchwoman still in the running, Varvara Gracheva, plays in the third rotation on the Suzanne-Lenglen court
- After his marathon match on the night of Saturday to Sunday, Novak Djokovic returns to the center and faces the Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo
- Elena Rybakina, 4th in the world, advances to the quarter-finals
Rybakina dominates Svitolina and returns to the quarter-finals
The Kazakh Elena Rybakina, 4th in the world and title contender, qualified Monday without trembling for the quarter-finals of Roland-Garros by beating the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina (19th) 6-4, 6-3 in 1h09. “I am very happy with my performance. Elina is a fighter and therefore she is always very difficult to play,” commented Rybakina.
Winner of Wimbledon 2022, she will face the Russian Elina Avanesyan (70th) or the Italian Jasmine Paolini (15th) on Wednesday to try to reach the last four of the Major on earth for the first time in her career. The 24-year-old Kazakh had already reached the quarterfinals in Paris in 2021.
Program of the main matches of the 9th day:
Court Philippe-Chatrier (from 11 a.m.)
Elina Svitolina (UKR/head of N.15) – Elena Rybakina (KAZ/N.4)
Emma Navarro (USA) – Aryna Sabalenka (BLR/N.2)
(Not before 4:00 p.m.)
Novak Djokovic (SRB/N.1) – Francisco Cerundolo (ARG/N.23)
(Not before 8:15 p.m.)
Alexander Zverev (GER/N.4) – Holger Rune (DEN/N.13)
Court Suzanne-Lenglen (from 11 a.m.)
Elina Avanesyan (RUS) – Jasmine Paolini (ITA/N.12)
Alex De Minaur (AUS/N.11) – Daniil Medvedev (RUS/N.5)
Varvara Gracheva (FRA) – Mirra Andreeva (RUS)
Taylor Fritz (USA/N.12) – Casper Ruud (NOR/N.7)
