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French Open: Holger Rune 'needs a bit of that Kyrgios’, says Mats Wilander after slow start against Casper Ruud

Holger Rune “needs mayhem” to produce his best tennis, according to Eurosport expert Mats Wilander. The 20-year-old Dane crashed out of the French Open to Casper Ruud at the quarter-final stage – just like he did last year – after producing a timid display against his Scandinavian rival.

French Open: Day 12 order of play and schedule - When are Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka playing?

It's Day 12 of the French Open and it's time for the women's semi-finals, with Iga Swiatek facing Beatriz Haddad Maia and Aryna Sabalenka against Karolina Muchova. Whilst seeing Swiatek and Sabalenka in the final four might have been expected, the presence of 14th seed Haddad Maia — the first Brazilian to reach the semi-finals of Roland-Garros in the Open Era — and the unseeded Muchova at this stage was altogether less foreseeable.

Error-strewn start proved costly, says Rune after quarter-final loss

PARIS : Sixth seed Holger Rune's poor start in his French Open quarter-final defeat to Norway's Casper Ruud on Wednesday proved costly with the Dane littering the court with unforced errors for more than an hour.

French Open 2023: Casper Ruud overcomes valiant Holger Rune fightback to book place in semi-finals

Casper Ruud overcame a fightback from Holger Rune to win 6-1 6-2 3-6 6-3 and book his place in the French Open semi-finals for the second year in a row. The pair have a strained relationship after they had a fiery encounter at this tournament last year, and they had met in May at the Rome Masters to contest the semi-finals, with Rune emerging victorious.