Rune eliminates Cerundolo at the French Open after 5 sets drama

Holger Rune, world number 6, defeated world number 23, Francisco Cerundolo, after a tiebreak in the final 5^th set and reached the ¼ finals at the Roland-Garros.

UNREAL 🤯@holgerrune2003 closes out a five-set thriller against Cerundolo for a spot in the quarters👊#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/azW2YaIF6z

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 5, 2023

Rune won the 1^st set after a tiebreak 7-6 (3), but the Argentinian bounced back and triumphed in the 2^nd set 6-3. Holger took the lead again after winning the 3^rd set 6-4 but made a break after a very controversial call on a double bounce.

Francisco evened the match again after destroying Holger in the 4^th set 6-1 after breaking his opponent’s serve 3 times.

In the deciding set, the player from Denmark came back from 3-4, 0-40 down, and won it after a tiebreak 7-6 (10-7).

Just incredible 😲

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Down 6-7 in the 5th set tie-breaker and Holger Rune pulled this out the bag!#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/1IjImjBvMN

— Eurosport (@eurosport) June 5, 2023

Rune will face world number 4 Casper Ruud in the ¼ finals at the French Open.

2 – Defeating Francisco Cerundolo at #RolandGarros, Holger Rune has made a second Grand Slam quarter-final before turning 21. The first male from Denmark to do so, the last Scandiavian male to achieve this was Stefan Edberg in 1985. @rolandgarros @atptour @ATPMediaInfo pic.twitter.com/uzW1KuRpPB

— OptaAce (@OptaAce) June 5, 2023