On Swiatek’s serve twice she goes wide and Pegula moves 15-30 in front. Iga Swiatek was made double the amount of unforced errors as Jessica Pegula (16 to 8) which is giving the American hope in this set. French Open 2022: Swiatek* 6-3, 4-2 Pegula Yet another hold of serve from Swiatek from a promising position for her opponent. French Open 2022: Swiatek 6-3, 5-2 Pegula* The next serve is wide to the forehand and Swiatek finds the net before Pegula fires an ace right on the line.ĭeuce. French Open 2022: Swiatek 6-3, 5-2 Pegula*īrilliant from Pegula! Swiatek wins three of the first four points off her serve to set up two match points. Pegula is too hasty to win the rally and rattles a return into the net to bring the match back to deuce. She saves another match point and has two chances to win the game but Swiatek won’t go away. This is a crucial game for Jessica Pegula. Swiatek gets the next serve back over the net and starts to control the backhand rally before eventully punting one down the line and taking the game, the set and the match! French Open 2022: Swiatek 6-3, 5-2 Pegula* In the men’s singles, Marin Cilic will face Andrey Rublev before Casper Ruud plays Holger Rune. The winner of those two matches will play one other in the semi-finals, with 18-year-old Coco Gauff and Martina Trevisan meeting in the last-four on the other side of the draw as the teenage American bids to win her first grand slam title. Today’s action sees Veronika Kudermetova take on Daria Kasatkina in an all-Russian quarter-final on Court Philippe Chatrier before world No 1 Iga Swiatek takes on Jessica Pegula. He will now face Alexander Zverev in the semi-finals after the German halted the rise of young phenom Carlos Alcaraz in another thrilling match.
A marathon match finished at 1.15am local time as Nadal ground out a pulsating 6-2 4-6 6-2 7-6 (4) win over the defending champion as the prospect of a record-extending 22nd men’s grand slam title moves closer to reality. The tennis world is still recovering from an epic late-night contest between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic yesterday as the Spaniard triumphed in four sets over his great rival. Follow all the action from Day 11 at the French Open as the quarter-finals continue at Roland Garros.