{"id":437159,"date":"2023-06-02T11:11:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T15:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=437159"},"modified":"2023-06-02T11:11:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T15:11:05","slug":"sonego-shocks-rublev-in-5-sets-and-advances-to-french-open-1-8-finals","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/sonego-shocks-rublev-in-5-sets-and-advances-to-french-open-1-8-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonego shocks Rublev in 5 sets and advances to French Open 1\/8 finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lorenzo Sonego, world number 48, beat world number 7, Andrey Rublev, by 3:2 sets and advanced to the 1\/8 finals at Roland-Garros.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Folk-LORE \u2728<\/p>\n<p>From two sets down, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lorenzo_sonego?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@lorenzo_sonego<\/a> comes back to defeat Monte-Carlo champ Rublev in Paris!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rolandgarros?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@rolandgarros<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RolandGarros?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#RolandGarros<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K2JeRGj53e\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/K2JeRGj53e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tennis TV (@TennisTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TennisTV\/status\/1664636086298001413?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Everything went smoothly for the Russian in the 1<sup>st<\/sup> two sets as he won 7-5 in the 1<sup>st<\/sup> set and then 6-0 in the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> set.<\/p>\n<p>After that, however, the Italian did what very few people thought was possible and won the clash. Sonego won 6-3 in the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> set and the most competitive one 4<sup>th<\/sup> after a tiebreak \u2013 7-6 (5).<\/p>\n<p>Lorenzo won the 5<sup>th<\/sup> set after breaking Rublev&#8217;s serve when the Russian served to make it 4-4 and then closed the match with a 6-3 victory in the final set.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian will face world number 11 Karen Khachanov in the 1\/8 finals at the French Open.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">1 &#8211; Lorenzo Sonego has claimed his first career win after losing the first two sets at a Grand Slam event, defeating Andrey Rublev. It&#8217;s also Sonego&#8217;s first top-10 win on clay since beating Rublev &#8211; Rome QF 2021. Matchup.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RolandGarros?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#RolandGarros<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rolandgarros?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@rolandgarros<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atptour?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@atptour<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATPMediaInfo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ATPMediaInfo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dTwPo7Wskx\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/dTwPo7Wskx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OptaAce (@OptaAce) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OptaAce\/status\/1664635095330828290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lorenzo Sonego, world number 48, beat world number 7, Andrey Rublev, by 3:2 sets and advanced to the 1\/8 finals at Roland-Garros. 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