Round-up French Open: Men – Thiem exceeds 5 sets – Nadal without nudity – sport

Sunday’s round of 16

• Dominic Thiem (ATP 3) – Hugo Gaston (ATP 239) 6: 4, 6: 4, 5: 7, 3: 6, 6: 3
• Alexander Zverev (ATP 7) – Jannik Sinner (ATP 75) 3: 6, 3: 6, 6: 4, 3: 6
• Rafael Nadal (ATP 2) – Sebastian Korda (ATP 213) 6: 1, 6: 1, 6: 2
• Diego Schwartzman (ATP 14) – Lorenzo Sonego (ATP 46) 6: 1, 6: 3, 6: 4

Following his victory over Stan Wawrinka in the third round, 20-year-old Frenchman Hugo Gaston was also one of the favorites in the round of 16. Dominic Thiem on the brink of defeat. After two lost sets, Gaston returned to play and forced the world number 3 into a deciding set. There Thiem managed the decisive break at 5: 3, but the Austrian had to defend himself from a break before winning the match. The Argentine waits in the quarterfinals Diego schwartzman to the winner of the US Open.

Alexander Zverev, meanwhile, failed in 4 sets Jannik Sinner. The 19-year-old Italian only had to survive a phase of weakness in the third round, otherwise Sinner convinced and got the game under control. For the world number 75, it is the greatest success of his young career. In the quarterfinals, Rafael Nadal is probably the most difficult task on clay.

Rafael Nadal walked with ease to the quarterfinals. The 34-year-old Spaniard, along with title favorite Novak Djokovic, did a short job to qualifier Sebastian Korda and only gave up 4 games in 115 minutes. On the way to the round of 16, Nadal did not have to give up a set, much less play a “long set”. The only 20-year-old American learned the hard way from the 12-time Roland Garros champion after surprisingly winning 6 games (including qualifying) in Paris.