PARIS : Teenage sensation Holger Rune outmuscled world number four and last-year's French Open finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-5 3-6 6-3 6-4 on Monday to move into the quarter-finals with his biggest Grand Slam win to date.
"I have an unbelievable feeling. I was so nervous in the end," said a beaming Rune, playing in his first French Open."I was very nervous. I told myself to keep at it and play my plan. I mean it is so great to still be here." Fourth seed Tsitsipas, hunting for his first ever Grand Slam, started well and broke the Dane to go 3-1 up when Rune's drop shot was not short enough and the Greek whipped a cross-court winner past him.Tsitsipas did not lose his composure and saved three consecutive break points in the very first game of the second set, powering back to seal it.
The Dane succeeded in getting Tsitsipas out of his comfort zone on the baseline, sending his tall opponent to the net with drop points and stretching him wide off the court with deep cross-court balls.
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