French Open 2022 - Holger Rune upsets Stefanos Tsitsipas in four sets to reach French Open quarter-finals

Danish teenager Holger Rune produced a statement victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas to reach the French Open quarter-finals on Monday. The 19-year-old world No. 40 broke into the top 100 at the start of this year and recorded his first-ever Grand Slam win when beating Denis Shapovalov in the opening round at Roland-Garros.

Ad/> And after beating Henri Laaksonen and Hugo Gaston in straight sets, his dream French Open debut continued with a 7-5 3-6 6-3 6-4 victory over last year’s finalist and No. 4 seed Tsitsipas. Roland-Garros'That's wrong!' — Huge drama as Tsitsipas and Rune argue decision with umpire2 HOURS AGO It goes down as one of the biggest scalps of his career so far, and Rune — who beat Alexander Zverev in Munich earlier this year — faces No.

8 seed Casper Ruud next for a place in the semi-finals. “I have an unbelievable feeling right now,” said Rune, who was broken by Tsitsipas when serving for the match in the fourth set at 5-2, and then saved three more break points two games later before closing it out. “I was so nervous at the end; the crowd was amazing for me… [during] the whole match, the whole tournament, [and] I’m so happy to be playing on this court.” 'You should listen to him' — Moya reacts to controversial Nadal v Djokovic scheduling 'That's wrong!' — Huge drama as Tsitsipas and Rune argue decision with umpire Colossal comebacks and record-breaking duels — five classic Nadal-Djokovic matches Both players converted their first break-point opportunities in a tight first set typified by a disputed line call in the 10th game.

The decision went Rune’s way, much to Tsitsipas’ disbelief, and after the narrowest of calls the Dane then held before breaking the No. 4 seed a game later. Rune was able to serve out