Alexander Zverev beat Holger Rune at 01: 40 regional time in Paris to reach the French Open quarter-finals with a thrilling five-set win. The 4th seed required 4 hours and 40 minutes to edge past Rune of Denmark 4-6 6-1 5-7 7-6 (7-2) 6-2. It was the 2nd match in 3 days that endedup in the early hours of the earlymorning at Roland Garros, after Novak Djokovic covered up a five-set triumph versus Lorenzo Musetti at 03: 07 on Sunday. Zverev will face Alex de Minaur in the guys’s 4th round after the Australian beat 5th seed Daniil Medvedev earlier on Monday. On Sunday, US Open champ Coco Gauff stated tennis matches completing at 3am were “unhealthy”. Zverev and Rune were expected to be on court at 20: 15 regional time however did not start their warm-ups till after 21:00 The previous match on Philippe Chatrier inbetween Djokovic and Francisco Cerundolo lasted 4 hours and 39 minutes. Zverev was playing in Paris under the shadow of an continuous trial in Berlin relating to accusations he attacked an ex-girlfriend, which he rejects. German Zverev, 27, is still searching his veryfirst Grand Slam title and hasactually fallen at the semi-final phase of the past 3 French Opens. He was damaged midway through the veryfirst set by 13th seed Rune, who then sa
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