The script was ripped up at Roland Garros on Wednesday as ailing second seed Aryna Sabalenka and off-colour fourth seed Elena Rybakina were sent tumbling out in the quarter-finals.Hampered by illness throughout her match, Sabalenka crashed to a 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4 defeat to Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva as the Australian Open champion’s 11-match Grand Slam winning streak ground to … Read more
Novak Djokovic withdrew from the French Open due to a knee injury sustained during his fourth-round match against Francisco Cerundolo. He was supposed to play Casper Ruud in the quarter-finals but had to pull out. Djokovic had been carrying the injury for a couple of weeks and it flared up when he slipped during the match against Cerundolo.
The fact described in the text is the order of play on the main showcourts on the seventh day of the French Open.
Casper Ruud and Aryna Sabalenka won their matches at the French Open, with Ruud defeating Brazilian qualifier Felipe Alves and Sabalenka beating Russian teenager Erika Andreeva.