Andrey Rublev reaches French Open quarter-finals after Jannik Sinner retires with knee injury

Andrey Rublev made the quarter-finals of the French Open after Jannik Sinner retired with injury in the third set of their fourth-round clash. Rublev was leading 1-6 6-4 2-0 when the Italian ended the match due to a knee problem. Ad/> Rublev, who had never made it past the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam, will next face either second seed Daniil Medvedev or Marin Cilic.

/> Roland-Garros'Such a shame' — Sinner suffers injury heartbreak as Rublev progresses early2 HOURS AGO The winner will play either Casper Ruud or Holger Rune, who upset fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in four sets. Asked about his injury afterwards, Sinner said: «I felt good or quite OK the first set. Rune shocks Tsitsipas to make quarter-finals Tearful Tsitsipas reacts to Rune loss »And then after, in 2-1 when I was serving, I felt a big, I don't know how you call it...something.

And from that point I felt it too much. And then I was hoping that it's going to go away, but it didn't. «So playing like this was, unfortunately, not the right thing to do.

And, yeah, let's see what, we'll test tomorrow and the next day, so let's see.» Sinner had won the previous two meetings against Rublev, including in Monte Carlo earlier this year, and raced through the opening set in just 29 minutes. The Italian converted both break-point chances and took advantage of 11 unforced errors from Rublev. But Sinner was then hampered by a knee issue during the second set and called for a medical time out.

Neither played faced a break point until the 10th game when Rublev managed to break and win the set. However, after being broken early in the third set Sinner pulled the plug due to the knee issue. It is the second time this season Sinner has retired during a match, while he also