Roland Garros Tennis Tournament - Sinner remains undefeated, progressing to the round of 16.
Tennis pro Jannik Sinner, from Italy, became the first player favored in a significant tournament to advance to the quarterfinals at the French Open. Playing on Court Philippe Chatrier, he outplayed Russian Pavel Kotov with scores of 6-4, 6-4, and 6-4.
This was his tenth consecutive win on the Grand Slam stage, and it came shortly after he won the Australian Open title. If he makes it to the final, he will become Italy's first number one ranked player, whether or not Serbian top player Novak Djokovic continues to hold the top rank.
Another top star, 6th-ranked Andrey Rublev from Russia, was eliminated from the competition. He lost to Italian Matteo Arnaldi with scores of 6-7 (6-8), 2-6, and 4-6 on Court Suzanne Lenglen. Rublev exhibited bad sportsmanship on the court as well as off it, throwing his racket in anger, shouting at his team members, and kicking his bench three times when he lost the second set. The crowd booed him.
Former player Carl-Uwe Steeb on Eurosport commented, "It's just insane how he carries himself when he's in this state. Rublev needs to look in the mirror to see why he lost."
Among the women, Serbian Olga Danilovic surprisingly won against Croatian Donna Vekic with scores of 0-6, 7-5, and 7-6 (10-8) even though she had lost the first set 0-6. The match ended in the third set tiebreak, where Danilovic won.
