CILIC TOO HOT
Marin eliminates No. 2 seed Medvedev at French Open
Paris, May 31: It took until the fourth round, but now it’s the highseeded men who are exiting the French Open. No.
2 Daniil Medvedev bowed out with a 6-2, 6-3,
6-2 loss to No. 20 Marin Cilic in a matchup between two past U.S. Open champions at Court Philippe Chatrier on Monday night.
Medvedev joins No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas, last year’s runner-up, on the way out of the bracket. Tsitsipas lost to unseeded 19-year-old Dane Holger Rune earlier Monday.
While only three of the top 10 women’s seeds got to the round of 32 at this year’s French Open, all of the top 12 men did. And all of the top eight men were in the fourth round.
Medvedev is the reigning U.S. Open champion but had been 0-4 at Roland Garros until getting to the quarterfinals a year ago. This time, he won every set he played until running into Cilic, the 2014 U.S. Open champion, who is now into his third quarterfinal in 16 appearances in Paris.
Cilic’s next opponent is No. 7 Andrey Rublev. They will play each other with a semifinal spot at stake.
GAUFF, TREVISAN IN MAIDEN SLAM SEMIS
Teenage star Coco Gauff and Martina Trevisan, a seasoned Italian professional who rebuilt her career after conquering anorexia, reached their maiden Grand Slam semi-finals at the French Open on Tuesday.
Gauff, who burst onto the scene as a 15-year-old history-maker at Wimbledon three years
ago, defeated fellow American Sloane Stephens 7-5, 6-2.
Trevisan needed three sets to see off 19-year-old Leylah Fernandez of Canada 6-2, 6-7 (3/7), 6-3.
Victory for Gauff, 18 years old and ranked 23 in the world, avenged her defeat to Stephens at the 2021 US Open and helped
erase the memory of her quarter-final defeat last year to eventual champion Barbora Krejcikova in Paris.
On Tuesday, Gauff broke in the second game of the match to lead 3-0 before 2018 runner-up Stephens levelled with a break and hold for
5-5. However, clean, precise hitting allowed Gauff to dominate the
12th game to clinch the opener. Stephens and Gauff traded breaks at the start of the second set before the teenager again pounced for 3-1.
The remaining French Open quarter-finals take place on Wednesday when world number one Iga Swiatek looks for a
33rd successive win when she faces Jessica Pegula of the United States.