Marin Cilic crushes Daniil Medvedev to reach French Open quarter-finals, faces Andrey Rublev next

Marin Cilic produced a brilliant display to beat world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev in straight sets and reach the quarter-finals of the French Open for the third time. Medvedev had won all three previous meetings against Cilic and was yet to drop a set at the tournament.

Ad/> But he was overwhelmed by a clinical display of hitting from Cilic, who finished with 33 winners and didn’t face a single break point in a 6-2 6-3 6-2 victory that lasted just one hour and 45 minutes. /> Tennis'So far yes!' — Medvedev on his improvements playing on clay at French Open28/05/2022 AT 17:25 It is Medvedev's heaviest defeat at a Grand Slam while Cilic is into his first major quarter-final since the 2018 US Open and his third at Roland-Garros, having also made the last eight in 2017 and 2018. «It was an absolutely fantastic match from the first point to the last,» said Cilic afterwards.

«I played incredible tennis, one of the best matches of my career from start to finish.» Cilic will next face Andrey Rublev after he advanced when Jannik Sinner retired with an injury. The winner of that quarter-final should be fancied to make the final as they will face either Casper Ruud or Holger Rune, who are both at this stage of a Grand Slam for the first time in their careers. Swiatek survives Zheng scare to advance Rune upsets Tsitsipas to reach quarter-finals Cilic had looked in impressive form in his opening matches, only dropping three games in the first round and five in the third round, but the ruthless fashion he dispatched with Medvedev was still a surprise.