PARIS (AP) — Iga Swiatek finally dropped a set on Monday, but the top women’s seed still advanced to the French Open quarterfinals.
Swiatek had won 20 consecutive sets before dropping a first set tiebreak to Zheng Qinwen of China. She lost just two games after that and took the last two sets, 6-0, 6-2 for her 32nd straight match victory.
Swiatek’s quarterfinal opponent will be 11th-seeded Jessica Pegula of the United States. Pegula made it to the quarterfinals for the first time by coming back to beat Irina-Camelia Begu 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Pegula is one of three Americans in the women’s quarters, along with Coco Gauff and Sloane Stephens.
In other action at Roland Garros:
— Veronika Kudermetova reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time with a 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 victory over Madison Keys, ending the chances of four American women reaching the last eight at the French Open for the first time in two decades.
— Daria Kasatkina was a 6-2, 6-2 winner over Camila Giorgi to earn the right to take on Kudermetova in the quarterfinals. Kasatkina won points on 68% of her first serves and fought off six break points while breaking Giorgi four times.
— Marin Cilic pulled off the biggest stunner in the men’s bracket on Monday, dispatching second-seed Daniil Medvedev, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2. Cilic broke serve five times and prevented Medvedev from earning his second straight berth in the French Open quarterfinals.
— Danish teenager Holger Rune has eliminated 2021 French Open runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas to reach his first major quarterfinal in his Roland Garros debut. The 40th-ranked Rune beat fourth-seeded Tsitsipas 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Tsitsipas is the first member of the top eight seeds to leave the men’s bracket.
— Rune will face Casper Ruud, who reached the first Grand Slam quarterfinal of his career by beating Hubert Hurkacz 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. The eighth-seeded Ruud is the first man from Norway to get to the round of eight at the French Open.
— Andrey Rublev is into the quarterfinals for the second time in three years after his fourth-round opponent, 11th-seeded Jannik Sinner, stopped playing because of a problem with his left leg. The seventh-seeded Rublev was leading 1-6, 6-4, 2-0 when Sinner retired.
