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French Open 2021: Zidansek into quarter-finals


Sun 06 Jun 2021 | 06:49 PM
Mohamed Helba

Slovenia's Tamara Zidansek is the first player to reach the French Open quarter-finals, beating Romania's Sorana Cirstea 7-6 (7-4) 6-1.

Unseeded Zidansek, 23, reaches a Grand Slam quarter-final for the first time, and had never previously been beyond the first round in Paris.

The world number 85 saved a set point in a tight first set before dominating Cirstea, ranked world number 54.

"I came out on court prepared and it was a battle," she said on court.