The Norwegian Casper Ruud, seventh seed, certified for the third consecutive 12 months for the quarterfinals of Roland Garros after defeating the American Taylor Fritz, 7-6(8), 3-6, 6-4 y 6-2 and can face Serbian Novak Djokovic in a repeat of final 12 months’s closing.
Ruud, double finalist within the French capital, goes to the occasion with the world #1 in an ideal 12 months wherein with 38 victories he leads the classification of wins and wherein he has performed 5 finals, amongst them these of Barcelona and Geneva the place he received the title.
As well as, he’s the participant with essentially the most wins on clay, 20 in distinction to the Serbian, who has not lifted any trophy thus far this season.
After overcoming the Spaniard Alejando Davidovich with issues within the second spherical and the Argentine Tomás Martín Etcheverry within the third, the Norwegian needed to apply himself totally once more towards Fritz, who is just not a specialist on this floor, as evidenced by the truth that Roland Garros is the one main the place they haven’t but performed the quarterfinals.
