The Latest: Dimitrov in French's 4th for 1st time; foe sick
Grigor Dimitrov has moved into the fourth round at Roland Garros for the first time in 10 appearances after his opponent Roberto Carballes Baena quit after two sets because of what he said a doctor diagnosed as a stomach virus
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6:10 p.m.
Grigor Dimitrov moved into the fourth round at Roland Garros for the first time in 10 appearances at the tournament when his opponent Roberto Carballes Baena quit after two sets because of what he said a doctor diagnosed as a stomach virus.
The 18th-seeded Dimitrov was ahead 6-1, 6-3 when Carballes Baena stopped.
Dimitrov has been to the semifinals once at each of the other three Grand Slam tournaments, including the U.S. Open last year.
But he had been 0-4 in the third round at the French Open until now.
The 101st-ranked Carballes Baena, who upset No. 9 seed Denis Shapovalov in five sets in his previous match, said he woke up at 3 a.m. on Saturday “with a pain in my stomach and feeling so bad.”
Carballes Baena said that after he warmed up on court in the morning, he threw up. He hoped he would feel better during the match but said instead he felt worse.
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4:20 p.m.
Fifth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas reached the fourth round at the French Open for the second year in a row. He advanced when Aljaz Bedene stopped playing in the third set because of an injured right ankle.
Tsitsipas led 6-1, 6-2, 3-1 when Bedene retired.
Tsitsipas was dominating the match. He had more than twice as many winners as Bedene, 28-13, and about a third as many unforced errors.
Also into the fourth round on Saturday was No. 30 seed Ons Jabeur. She became the first Arab woman to get that far in Paris by eliminating No. 8 Aryna Sabalenka 7-6 (7), 2-6, 6-3.
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3:50 p.m.
Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin returned to the French Open's fourth round, and Zhang Shuai became China's first player to get that far since Li Na in 2012.
No. 4 seed Kenin blew past Romanian qualifier Irina Bara 6-2, 6-0 in 72 minutes on Court Philippe Chatrier.
Zhang ended the run of French wild-card entry Clara Burel with a hard-fought 7-6 (2), 7-5 win in two hours, 12 minutes on Court Simonne Mathieu.
The 31-year-old Zhang is ranked 39th and had never made it beyond the third round in her nine previous French Opens.
Kenin has advanced to the second week of all three Grand Slams in this pandemic-hit season. She won the Australiam Open and reached round four at the U.S. Open.
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2:00 p.m.
German player Daniel Altmaier is proving to be a force that's difficult to stop. He came through the qualifying tournament to reach the French Open main draw.
The 22-year-old has now upset seventh-seeded Matteo Berrettini to storm into the fourth round with a 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-4 win.
The 186th ranked Altmaier joins two other Roland Garros debutants — Sebastian Korda and Jannik Sinner — in round four. That many men haven’t gone that far on their debuts at Roland Garros since four debutants made the last 16 in 1994.
Altmaier has struggled with injuries in the past but has yet to drop a set. He has won all three tiebreakers he has faced in his Grand Slam debut. He also only dropped one set in his three matches in qualifying.
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1:10 p.m.
Andrey Rublev advanced to the French Open fourth round with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 win against the unseeded South African Kevin Anderson.
The 34-year-old Anderson still hopes to win a Grand Slam title, having lost finals to Rafael Nadal at the U.S. Open in 2017 and to Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon in 2018.
But the 118th-ranked veteran proved to be easy pickings for the No. 13 seed Rublev on Court Simonne Mathieu. He failed to earn even a single break point against the 22-year-old Russian.
Rublev lost in the first round in his only previous appearance at Roland Garros — in 2017. He was a quarterfinalist at the U.S. Open this year and in 2017.
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