French Open 2025 Day Eight Recap

The second Sunday of Roland Garros 2025 delivered one other batch of high-quality matches, as the lads’s singles draw narrowed to its last eight.

Lorenzo Musetti continued his robust clay type with a composed win over Holger Rune underneath the lights, Carlos Alcaraz notched his one hundredth tour-level clay victory in an exhilarating four-set battle in opposition to Ben Shelton, and Tommy Paul loved a uncommon straight-sets win after two gruelling five-setters earlier within the match.

Frances Tiafoe additionally superior with a medical efficiency over Daniel Altmaier, establishing a quarter-final conflict with Musetti.

Right here’s a take a look at how the day unfolded on the terre battue of Paris.

Day Eight French Open 2025 Spherical of 16 Outcomes

Tommy Paul (12) def Alexei Popyrin (35) 6-3 6-3 6-3

Tommy Paul reached the Roland Garros quarter-finals for the primary time on Sunday. The American had secured hard-fought five-set victories over Marton Fucsovics and Karen Khachanov earlier within the week however cruised previous Alexei Popyrin, who hadn’t dropped a set, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 in simply 1 hour and 52 minutes.

I feel Alcaraz and Musetti have performed the most effective tennis in the course of the clay swing, however Paul isn’t far behind, and I just like the type of tennis he’s producing.

In the present day, he saved 9 of 10 break factors, hit 27 winners to Popyrin’s 18, and confirmed no indicators of fatigue after his battle with Khachanov a few days in the past.

I’m having fun with it lots. It was good to get a straight-sets win in the present day, give the physique a bit of relaxation. I imply, as a lot as I like the five-setters, I undoubtedly just like the three-setters a bit of bit higher. I’m simply excited for extra matches. Paul on enjoying on clay.

Carlos Alcaraz (2) def Ben Shelton (13) 7-6(8), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4

Carlos Alcaraz secured his one hundredth tour-level clay-court victory by defeating Ben Shelton 7-6(8), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, in three hours and 19 minutes on Courtroom Philippe-Chatrier.

With two explosive shotmakers on courtroom, the match naturally featured numerous dynamic shot-making and a few respectable web play.

Alcaraz saved three set factors within the first-set tie-break, sealing it with a whipped forehand. He managed the second set with fast fingers, redirecting Shelton’s highly effective photographs.

Shelton fought again to win the third set, however Alcaraz regained momentum within the fourth to advance to his fourth straight Roland Garros quarter-final.

I believed Alcaraz performed a balanced match with no mid-match walkabouts, and Shelton’s aggressive groundstrokes examined him. The Spaniard did a good job of staying current and he took benefit of the American having just a few lapses in his service video games to safe the win.

In the present day I fought in opposition to myself, in opposition to the thoughts. I simply tried to calm myself. In some moments I used to be mad, I used to be indignant with myself. Speaking probably not good issues however I’m actually completely satisfied to not let these ideas play in opposition to me. I attempted to calm myself down and I attempted to maintain going. That’s what I attempted. We’ve got large respect for one another. Each time we face one another, we [bring] the highest degree. We performed actually good tennis and entertained the followers. He’s a very highly effective participant, he could make any shot. I feel we performed actually nice tennis. Coming to the web, drop photographs, forehands. For me it’s nice having Ben round. I feel it’s nice power for the individuals and I like watching Ben play. Alcaraz on his win.

Lorenzo Musetti (8) def Holger Rune (10) 7-5 3-6 6-3 6-2

Lorenzo Musetti continued his dazzling clay-court season with a well-earned 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 over Holger Rune in 3 hours and 20 minutes.

The pair didn’t make it onto courtroom till properly after darkish resulting from two prolonged matches earlier within the day, however it was Musetti who illuminated the courtroom with an aesthetic show of clay-court tennis, and his courtroom craft was an excessive amount of for Rune to deal with.

I believed Musetti did a superb job in defence, a few of his lobs have been Murray-esque, and he stole a number of factors by forcing Rune to hit another ball.

That precipitated Rune to rack up the unforced errors, 55 in whole, and Musetti was too strong, committing only a few errors and having a solution to just about all the pieces Rune provided.

The Italian will face Frances Tiafoe within the subsequent spherical after the fifteenth seed took out Daniel Altmaier in straight units. 

French Open 2025 Day 9 Spherical of 16 Matches