PARIS (AP) — The Newest from the French Open (all instances native):

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11:15 p.m.

No. 17 seed Pablo Carreno Busta arrange a rematch in opposition to Novak Djokovic by reaching the second French Open quarterfinal of his profession.

Carreno Busta was visited by a health care provider after the second set however continued to play effectively and beat 186th-ranked qualifier Daniel Altmaier 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 at Court docket Philippe Chatrier.

It wasn’t instantly clear what was flawed with Carreno Busta.

On the U.S. Open final month, Carreno Busta was the opponent who superior when Djokovic was defaulted from their fourth-round match for unintentionally hitting a line choose with a ball after a sport within the first set.

Carreno Busta, a 29-year-old from Spain, would go on to succeed in the semifinals in New York earlier than blowing a two-set lead in opposition to eventual runner-up Alexander Zverev.

Carreno Busta additionally was a quarterfinalist in Paris in 2017.

The 22-year-old Altmaier was attempting to change into the primary man since 1996 to get to the quarterfinals of his first Grand Slam match. He hadn’t dropped a set till Monday.

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8:30 p.m.

Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin turned issues round on the French Open after a poor opening set to succeed in the quarterfinals at Roland Garros for the primary time.

The No. 4-seeded Kenin beat the 49th-ranked Fiona Ferro 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 at Court docket Philippe Chatrier. Ferro was the final French man or lady nonetheless round in singles.

Chair umpire Marijana Veljovic warned Kenin’s father, Alexander, for teaching, which isn’t allowed throughout Grand Slam matches. Alexander Kenin had modified seats in the course of the match to be proper subsequent to Ferro’s coach, Emmanuel Planque, who was nearer to the court docket.

Kenin upset Serena Williams finally 12 months’s French Open en route to creating it to the fourth spherical. However till now, the 21-year-old American had by no means been to the quarterfinals at any clay-court match.

She received her first Grand Slam title at Melbourne Park firstly of this season and now could be 14-1 at main tournaments in 2020.

Kenin will not discover out who her subsequent opponent is till Tuesday. That is as a result of the fourth-round match between one other American, Danielle Collins, and 30th-seeded Ons Jabeur of Tunisia was rained out Monday and delayed a day.

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6:20 p.m.

Novak Djokovic reached the French Open quarterfinals for the 11th consecutive 12 months, extending his personal Open-era document on the match.

The highest-seeded Djokovic confronted his hardest problem but this 12 months at Roland Garros however nonetheless received quite simply in opposition to No. 15 seed Karen Khachanov 6-4, 6-3, 6-Three at Court docket Philippe Chatrier, taking the final 4 video games.

The stadium’s new $55 million retractable roof was shut due to a heavy downpour.

Djokovic has received all 12 units he is performed in Paris this 12 months and dropped a complete of solely 25 video games to this point. He misplaced 5 video games in every of his first three matches.

This victory places Djokovic in his 47th Grand Slam quarterfinal, second solely to Roger Federer’s 57.

Djokovic is looking for a second French Open championship and 18th main trophy total. Amongst males, solely Federer, with 20, and Rafael Nadal, with 19, have extra.

Djokovic will face No. 17 seed Pablo Carreno Busta or qualifier Daniel Altmaier subsequent. The rain prevented their fourth-round match from beginning when it was speculated to at open-air Court docket Suzanne Lenglen.

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3:25 p.m.

Andrey Rublev reached the quarterfinals for the primary time by beating Marton Fucsovics 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (3).

The 13th-seeded Russian saved three set factors serving at 5-Four down and 0-40 within the fourth set.

He received on his second match level when the unseeded Fucsovics put a forehand into the web after Rublev had hit a volley on the web.

The 2-time U.S. Open quarterfinalist Rublev had by no means been past the primary spherical at Roland Garros.

He subsequent faces fifth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas.

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12:55 p.m.

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova reached the French Open quarterfinals for the primary time in eight years by beating Zhang Shuai 6-2, 6-4.

The seventh-seeded Czech participant misplaced her solely semifinal match at Roland Garros in 2012.

Zhang had a medical timeout whereas trailing 5-2 within the first set.

Kvitova sat ready wrapped in a pink coat to fight the chilly circumstances on Court docket Philippe Chatrier. She then did some leg workouts to maintain heat.

The 30-year-old Kvitova will subsequent face Laura Siegemund. The unseeded German beat Paula Badosa 7-5, 6-2 to succeed in the quarterfinals at a significant match for the primary time.

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12:20 p.m.

There’ll nonetheless be crowds for the ultimate week of French Open after Paris police determined to not cut back the restrict of 1,000 spectators per day.

Paris police chief Didier Lallement stated bars in Paris will shut for 2 weeks from Tuesday as a part of new measures to gradual coronavirus infections.

However he maintained the present restrict of 1,000 spectators at sports activities occasions in Paris and particularly famous the clay-court match at Roland Garros.

The choice will come as a reduction to gamers.

Many have stated how a lot they respect having spectators even in a lot smaller numbers than regular.

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