PARIS, 30 May: Teenager Holger Rune became the first Danish man to reach the French Open quarter-finals on Monday when he shocked world number four and 2021 runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas.
\nRune, just 19 and ranked 40, swept to a memorable 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win on the back of 54 winners and will face Norway\u2019s eighth seed Casper Ruud for a place in the semi-finals.
\nThe last Danish man to reach the last-eight in any Slam was Jan Leschly at the 1967 US Championships.
\nWith fellow 19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz already into the quarter-finals, it is the first time two teenagers have made it this far in Paris since Hendrik Dreekman and Andrei Medvedev 28 years ago.
\nIn a tense fourth set, Rune gave up a 5-2 lead and fought off three more break points in the 10th game before he secured victory when his Greek opponent hit long.
\n\u201cI was very nervous and I knew that if I went away from my tactics I would lose,\u201d said Rune.
\n\u201cI told myself just stick to the plan and that gave me a confidence boost. It\u2019s so great to still be here.
\n\u201cMy plan was to be aggressive because Stefanos can attack the short balls. I needed to take time off him.\u201d
\nRune recovered from a break down in the opening set to lead but Tsitsipas appeared to have steadied himself when he fought off three break points in the third game of the second set on his way to levelling the last-16 tie. (AFP)<\/p>\n
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