Daniil Medvedev has made a clay-court breakthrough this fortnight, advancing to the quarter-finals at Roland Garros, where he had previously not won a match.
In the battle between US Open finalists, sixth seed Alexander Zverev triumphed over Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-1, 6-1 on Sunday to race into the quarter-finals at Roland Garros.
Sixth seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut fought back from a set down to overcome Robin Haase and Jan-Lennard Struff 0-6, 6-3, 7-6(5) and advance to the quarter-finals at Roland Garros.
One of the glaring takeaways from this year’s Roland Garros draw was that World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal were on the same half. Daniil Medvedev, who is on the opposite half and reached the quarter-finals on Sunday, does not mind how that worked out.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina reached his first Grand Slam quarter-final on Sunday as he battled past Federico Delbonis 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in two hours and 56 minutes at Roland Garros.