French Open 2023: Casper Ruud beats Nicolas Jarry in straight sets to reach quarter-finals

Nine of Casper Ruud's 10 vocation titles connected the ATP Tour person travel connected clay courts

Fourth effect Casper Ruud came done a stern trial from in-form Nicolas Jarry to marque the French Open quarter-finals.

But the Norwegian, 24, won the cardinal points astatine the cardinal moments to triumph successful consecutive sets, 7-6 (7-3) 7-5 7-5.

Ruud volition look chap Scandinavian Holger Rune, of Denmark, oregon Argentina's Francisco Cerundolo successful the past eight.

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Jarry had ne'er won a lucifer astatine Roland Garros earlier this year, suffering 3 first-round exits, but the 6ft 6in South American proved a acold much obdurate obstacle for Ruud than a straight-set decision suggests.

Ultimately, Ruud's acquisition connected the large signifier told arsenic helium comfortably won a archetypal acceptable tie-break successful which Jarry's changeable enactment fto him down connected much than 1 occasion.

The satellite fig four, beaten by 14-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal successful last year's final, came from 4-1 and interruption constituent down to instrumentality the 2nd set, helped by Jarry netting an overhead smash astatine acceptable point.

Jarry, who bushed Ruud successful 3 sets connected his mode to the Geneva Open rubric past month, broke service successful the 3rd acceptable excessively but talented the interruption consecutive backmost and mislaid his work again astatine 5-5 earlier the Norwegian served retired victory.

"I felt physically good - I was acceptable for much if we had to play more," Ruud said successful his on-court interrogation pursuing the victory.

"I was down a interruption successful some the 2nd and the 3rd sets but I was capable to enactment successful and neutralise his service and triumph the astir important points of the match."

Alexander Zverev faces Grigor Dimitrov successful Monday's evening league lucifer connected tribunal Philippe-Chatrier, with the victor to look Tomas Martin Etcheverry oregon Yoshihito Nishioka successful the quarter-finals.