French Open 2023: Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff set for rematch of last year's final in Paris

Iga Swiatek defeated Coco Gauff 6-1 6-3 successful the last of the 2022 French Open

World fig 1 Iga Swiatek volition look sixth effect Coco Gauff successful the French Open quarter-finals connected Wednesday, successful what is simply a rematch of past year's final.

The victor volition look either Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia oregon Tunisia's Ons Jabeur in the semi-finals.

In the men's draw, Casper Ruud and Holger Rune volition conscionable successful a replay of past year's quarter-finals.

Fourth effect Ruud, runner-up to Rafael Nadal successful 2022, volition play Danish sixth effect Rune successful the nighttime league from 19:15 BST.

The victor volition play either erstwhile satellite fig 2 Alexander Zverev or Tomas Martin Etcheverry successful the semi-finals.

Top effect and three-time champion Alfie Hewett faces his doubles spouse and chap Briton Gordon Reid in the wheelchair men's singles quarter-finals, earlier they brace up successful the past 8 for a lucifer against France's Frederic Cattaneo and American spouse Casey Ratzlaff.

In the quad wheelchair singles, Britain's Andy Lapthorne will look American David Wagner for a spot successful the semi-finals.

'This is simply a wholly antithetic year'

Iga Swiatek's 2022 French Open triumph implicit Coco Gauff was her 2nd successful Paris

Swiatek underlined her dominance connected the WTA Tour past twelvemonth erstwhile she swept Gauff speech successful past year's Roland Garros final.

Gauff was near successful tears aft losing her archetypal large singles final, with Swiatek registering an emphatic 6-1 6-3 triumph to assistance the trophy for a 2nd clip successful 3 years.

Swiatek has picked up wherever she near disconnected - she has yet to driblet a acceptable successful Paris this year, with 4 of her 7 acceptable wins being by a 6-0 scoreline.

However, the 22-year-old says that past year's last volition person small power connected her preparations.

"I deliberation finals person benignant of antithetic rules," she said aft her quarter-final triumph implicit Lesia Tsurenko, who retired with injury.

"Sometimes these matches are a small spot antithetic than the different rounds that we play during the tourney due to the fact that of the unit and everything that's going on.

"This is simply a wholly antithetic year, [a] wholly antithetic tournament. I person to beryllium ready, careless of what happened past year."

Gauff, 19, is not fixating connected 2022 either and expects to vie fiercely with Swiatek.

"I'm the benignant of mentality, if you privation to beryllium the best, you person to bushed the best," she said. "I deliberation also, if you privation to improve, you person to play the best.

"The mode my vocation has gone truthful far, if I spot a level, and if I'm not rather determination astatine that level, I cognize I person to improve.

"I deliberation it would beryllium astir cowardly to accidental that I privation to not look the sound and not look the challenge, but I deliberation that I'm up for it."

Rune aiming for little play against Ruud

The gathering betwixt Holger Rune and Casper Ruud successful the 2022 French Open culminated successful Ruud telling his hostile to "grow up"

Ruud and Rune met successful the quarter-finals of past year's French Open successful a tense encounter.

Ruud crushed retired a four-set triumph implicit Denmark's Rune but the 2 had a frosty handshake astatine the net, with Ruud aboriginal accusing Rune of yelling successful his look successful the locker country - which Rune denied.

The 2 met astatine the Italian Open successful May and shared a warmer handshake aft Rune registered his archetypal triumph implicit US Open finalist Ruud successful 5 meetings.

"Obviously determination was play past twelvemonth and I anticipation we tin marque little play this year," said Rune.

"He's a bully player. I respect him. There's nary problem. We're good.

"[It] should beryllium a lucifer without problems, hopefully."