Paris ¨C Danish sixth seed Holger Rune got a helping hand from the umpire with a missed but glaring double bounce to battle past Argentine Francisco Cerundolo 7-6 (6-3), 3-6, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (10-7) on Monday and reach the French Open last eight for the second year in a row.
He will next face Norway¡¯s fourth seed Casper Ruud in a repeat of last year¡¯s quarterfinal.
¡°I definitely learned something from Australia earlier this year where I lost this kind of match in a (fifth set) match tiebreak at the end,¡± said Rune, who lost in five sets to Andrey Rublev at the Australian Open. ¡°I told myself in the beginning of the match tiebreak (today) just to enjoy the moment, try to play my tennis.
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