In dramatic circumstances on Monday at Roland Garros, Holger Rune won five sets for the first time. The sixth seeded Dane overcame Francisco Cerundolo and physical difficulties to secure a 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(10-7) fourth-round triumph.
In a three-hour, 59-minute battle of varying quality, Rune won by claiming a suspenseful decision made on Court-Suzanne-Lenglen. The Dane had earlier in the set failed to serve out the match at 5-4, but he overcame that disappointment with a tenacious Match Tie-break performance. Rune is now 1-2 in five-set matches. The World No. 6 highlighted that experience as vital to his ability to withstand the pressure against Cerundolo.
In his second major quarterfinal, the 20-year-old Norwegian Rune will play fourth seed Casper Ruud after the Norwegian earlier defeated Nicolas Jarry 7-6(3), 7-5, 7-5. It will be an exact replica of their last-eight matchup from 2022, which Ruud won in four sets.