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Casper Ruud Sets Up French Open Rematch With Novak Djokovic

Casper Ruud continued his bid to reach a third straight French Open final with a four-set victory over American Taylor Fritz in the last 16 on Monday, setting up a meeting with Novak Djokovic. The Norwegian seventh seed, who lost last year's showpiece match to Djokovic and the 2022 final to Rafael Nadal, battled past world number 12 Fritz 7-6 (8/6), 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. The 25-year-old will face Djokovic in the quarter-finals on Wednesday, after the reigning champion's thrilling triumph over Francisco Cerundolo.

Alexander Zverev Survives Five-Setter To Reach Roland Garros Quarters

Alexander Zverev survived a second straight five-set match at the French Open, downing Holger Rune in a last-16 tie which ended in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The German fourth seed fought back to win 4-6, 6-1, 5-7, 7-6 (7/2), 6-2 after four hours and 11 minutes and set up a quarter-final against Alex de Minaur. It was the second-latest finish in the tournament's history -- after Novak Djokovic's win over Lorenzo Musetti which finished at 3:07 am local time (0107 GMT) on Sunday morning -- ending at 1:40 am.

Norway Chess: Praggnanandhaa Loses To Alireza Firouzja, Magnus Carlsen Jumps To Sole Lead

The brother-sister Indian duo of R Praggnanandhaaa and R Vaishali suffered defeats in their respective section while Magnus Carlsen justified his top billing with a win over an off-colour Ding Liren to surge to the sole lead on 12 points in the Norway Chess tournament here. Fabiano Caruana also scored over compatriot Hikaru Nakamura to help Carlsen emerge as the front runner for the crown in the six-player double round-robin contest being fought for a total prize pool of USD 161000.

Novak Djokovic Enters French Open Quarter-finals After Five-set Thriller; Daniil Medvedev Out

An injured Novak Djokovic sealed a 15th consecutive French Open quarter-final with a thrilling comeback victory over Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo in the fourth round on Monday, while Daniil Medvedev became the highest seed to crash out at Roland Garros so far. In the women's draw, both Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina comfortably powered into the last eight. A limping Djokovic looked to be heading for a shock defeat when 2-1 down in sets and 4-2 behind in the fourth set, but battled back from the brink to delight the Court Philippe Chatrier crowd by winning 6-1, 5-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 after four hours and 39 minutes.

Djokovic endures another French Open epic, survives Cerundolo scare

PARIS :Defending champion Novak Djokovic produced a superhuman effort to subdue Argentine Francisco Cerundolo 6-1 5-7 3-6 7-5 6-3 on Monday and reach the quarter-finals of the French Open, as the top seed shrugged off a knee issue for a milestone win.

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Casper Ruud Sets Up French Open Rematch With Novak Djokovic

Alexander Zverev Survives Five-Setter To Reach Roland Garros Quarters

Norway Chess: Praggnanandhaa Loses To Alireza Firouzja, Magnus Carlsen Jumps To Sole Lead

Novak Djokovic Enters French Open Quarter-finals After Five-set Thriller; Daniil Medvedev Out

Djokovic endures another French Open epic, survives Cerundolo scare

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