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

After 20-year-old Frenchman Hugo Gaston surprisingly beat Stan Wawrinka (ATP 17) in the third round, he was one of the favorites in the round of 16. Dominic Thiem on the brink of defeat. After losing two sets, Gaston suddenly grew stronger and forced the world number 3 to a deciding set. There Thiem managed the decisive break at 5: 3, but had to defend against a break before winning the match. In the quarterfinals, Argentine Diego Schwartzman (ATP 14) awaits the winner of the US Open.

Alexander Zverev surprisingly retired from the round of 16 at Roland Garros. German US Open finalist failed in 4 sets against Italian Jannik Sinner. The 19-year-old only had to survive a period of weakness in the third round, otherwise Sinner was convincing and had 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.