French Open 2023: Stefanos Tsitsipas too strong for Sebastian Ofner as he books Roland-Garros last eight place

Stefanos Tsitsipas motored into the quarter-finals of the French Open after a straight sets fourth round win over Sebastian Ofner. Ofner swept into an early lead, breaking Tsitsipas' serve in the opening game before holding serve to move into a 2-0 lead. Ad Tsitsipas blasted through his next service game, holding to love, before Ofner hit back with his own perfect game to restore his two-game advantage.

The Greek converted his next service before almost breaking the World No. 118 to love. Roland-Garros'What a performance' — Tsitsipas books quarter final place with win over Ofner40 MINUTES AGO He did break him, but dropped one point in doing it.

The seventh game of the set was a real battle and Ofner had a break point but failed to convert as Tsitsipas held to move into a 4-3 lead. After swapping service games, Tsitsipas led 40-15 in the tenth game of the set, giving him three set points. Showing incredible resolve, Ofner managed to escape the trap and hold serve.

It proved only a delay of the inevitable though, as Tsitsipas held serve before breaking the Austrian again to take the set. Tsitsipas had flexed his muscles towards the end, but the opening set had been a 51-minute battle. The World No.

5 looked doubly sharp in the second set, and he won it in half the time. Tsitsipas blitzed Ofner with his serve in the second, dropping just four points in five games. A crucial break in the sixth game meant Tsitsipas was able to serve out the set after just 30 minutes.