Musetti vs. Rune, Tiafoe vs. Altmaier

Daniel Altmaier is the one remaining unseeded participant within the backside half of the French Open draw and he’ll attempt to hold his run going towards Frances Tiafoe on Sunday. Lorenzo Musetti meets Holger Rune within the fourth spherical.

(8) Lorenzo Musetti vs. (10) Holger Rune

Musetti has been the most effective gamers on the earth courting again to Wimbledon final summer time and his reward is a career-high rating of No. 7. With a French Open ultimate look–which is trying like an actual risk–he may very well be prime 5 on the finish of the fortnight. The 23-year-old Italian was the bronze medalist on the 2024 Paris Olympics and his present clay-court swing includes a runner-up exhibiting in Monte-Carlo and semifinal performances in Madrid and Rome. Musetti has cruised to date at Roland Garros with victories over Yannick Hanfmann, Daniel Elahi Galan, and Mariano Navone.

Up subsequent for the eighth seed on Sunday is a fourth-round showdown towards Rune, who leads the head-to-head sequence 2-0. The Tenth-ranked Dane prevailed 6-4, 7-5 on the 2023 Queen’s Membership occasion and 6-2, 7-6(5) final yr in Indian Wells. Musetti guarantees to be a a lot totally different check at what’s considered one of his favourite venues, plus Rune has been all over of late. The 22-year-old captured the Barcelona title in April, however he retired from his first match in Madrid, misplaced to Corentin Moutet within the Rome third spherical, and wanted 5 units to defeat Quentin Halys on Friday. A red-hot Musetti may win this one in surprisingly convincing style.

Decide: Musetti in 3

(15) Frances Tiafoe vs. Daniel Altmaier

Tiafoe can by no means be totally trusted to ship a businesslike efficiency as a substantial favourite, however Grand Slams can typically be the exception to that rule and proper now he’s trying extraordinarily dependable. The world No. 16 has not dropped a single set at Roland Garros, beating Roman Safiullin, Pablo Carreno Busta, and Sebastian Korda. Tiafoe is looking for his fifth slam quarterfinal look, and he has additionally reached the U.S. Open semifinals twice.

Altmaier stands within the No. 15 seed’s manner of sixth quarterfinal, and the German–who trails the head-to-head sequence 2-0–is bidding for his first such consequence. He had been to a fourth spherical solely as soon as (2020 French Open) and had superior previous a second spherical only one different time previous to this fortnight. Altmaier upset Taylor Fritz on Monday after which benefited from a positive draw thereafter, taking out each Vit Kopriva and Hamad Medjedovic in 4 units. On paper a fourth-round draw towards Tiafoe isn’t a foul one, however Tiafoe at main is totally different from Tiafoe in some other setting. The American ought to advance–and he’ll if his degree from the primary three rounds is as soon as once more on show.

Decide: Tiafoe in 3