Casper Ruud battles past Nicolas Jarry to reach French Open quarter-finals and potential Holger Rune clash

Casper Ruud reached the French Open quarter-finals with a hard-fought victory over Nicolas Jarry. Fourth seed Ruud was beaten by Jarry in Geneva just 10 days ago, but this time came out on top 7-6(3) 7-5 7-5. Ad Ruud was a break down in the second and third sets but showed his fighting quality in the face of a powerful hitting display from Jarry to advance to the last eight.

Roland-Garros'He thought it was the end!' — Baffling moment Jarry walks off mid-game23 MINUTES AGO Ruud, who made the French Open final last year, will next face Holger Rune or Francisco Cerundolo. Rune and Ruud met at the quarter-final stage in 2022, with Ruud winning a heated four-set contest. After making two Grand Slam finals last year, Ruud has not shown his best form for much of this season, but this was arguably his finest display of 2023 so far.

The fourth seed made an impressive start to the match as he fended off five break points in the opening game and then broke to lead 2-0. But Jarry soon responded to get back on serve and there was little to separate the pair until the tie-break. Ruud won four of the opening five points and then three in a row to clinch the set.

Jarry hit back well in the second set as he found his range with his powerful forehand and broke to love to lead 3-1. Kasatkina has 'very bitter feeling' after boos Sabalenka hopes fans will demand more night matches The Chilean moved further clear in the next game as he fired down two aces in a row to hold from 15-40 down. However, Ruud continued to battle and got back on serve in the seventh game.