Djokovic sets French Open last-eight record as Halep wins in 45 minutes

Novak Djokovic on Monday became the first man to reach the French Open quarterfinals for 10 successive seasons while defending womens champion Simona Halep swept into the last eight in just 45 minutesTop seed and world number one Djokovic continued his bid to hold all four Grand Slam titles simultaneously for the second time by thrashing Germanys JanLennard Struff 63 62 62 The 32yearold will now face fifth seed Alexander Zverev in what will be his 13th appearance overall in the quarterfinals in ParisIt was tricky with the rain but thats Paris said the 2016 champion after playing in drizzly conditions Im really confident with my serve I hope it continues like that Only Australian great Rod Laver has held all four majors at the same time twice before after his calendar Grand Slams in 1962 and 1969Novak Djokovic took to Twitter after the win to thank his 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France and setup a quarterfinal clash on Tuesday against defending champion Rafael NadalNishikori won 62 67 810 62 67 810 75 in a shade under four hours to reach his third lasteight match at the French Open He almost had it today said Nishikori who had led two sets to one when the last16 tie was suspended on SundayHe served for the match at 53 but I just tried to fight and play one point at a time The 29yearold Japanese could have wrapped it up in the fourth set when he had two match points but squandered both the second on a double faultPaire the world number 38 who was trying to make the quarterfinal of a Slam for the first time was eventually undone by 15 double faults and 79 unforced errors Nishikori has only defeated 11time French Open champion Nadal twice in 12 meetings with both of those wins coming on hard court Anisimova breakthrough The Spaniard celebrating his 33rd birthday on Monday has won all four of their meetings on clay Its going to be a tough match hes the greatest ever clay court player said Nishikori For Paire it was an opportunity lostI should have lost it in three or four sets but I should have won it in the fifth set said the 30yearold French interest in the singles ended for another year just a few hours later when 14th seed Gael Monfils was defeated 64 64 62 by Austrian fourth seed Thiem the 2018 runnerupThe Austrian pulled off a memorable tweener shot between his legs in the match When it goes in its called a hotshot said the 25yearold Thiem will be playing in his fourth successive quarterfinal where he will face 10thseeded Russian Karen Khachanov who defeated twotime semifinalist and eighth seed Juan Martin del Potro 75 63 36 63The 23yearold Khachanov is the first Russian man to make the last eight in Paris since Mikhail Youzhny in 2010 Halep reached her fourth French Open quarterfinal with a 45minute thrashing of Polish teenager Iga Swiatek The Romanian third seed raced to a 61 60 win as Swiatek failed to hold serve in the matchHalep will face American 17yearold Amanda Anisimova who defeated Spains Aliona Bolsova 63 60 for a semifinal place Kind of perfect said Halep after her win World number 51 Anisimova meanwhile became the first player born in the 2000s man or woman to make a Grand Slam quarterfinalSimona Halep took to Twitter to celebrate her winLeaning in See you in the quarterfinals u00f0u009fu0092u00aau00e2u009du00a4u00efu00b8u008feverythingfromhereisabonus RG19 rolandgarros pictwittercomMwFQXKLPiTmdash Simona Halep Simona_Halep June 3 2019The players who stunned top seed Naomi Osaka and 23time major winner Serena Williams got a taste of their own medicine American 14th seed Madison Keys reached the quarterfinals for the second successive year with a 62 64 win over Katerina Siniakova the conqueror of US and Australian Open winner Osaka Keys who went on to reach the semifinals in 2018 next faces Australian eighth seed Ashleigh BartyI was really happy to close it out as playing three sets in these heavy conditions does not sound like much fun said the 24yearold Keys Barty beat Sofia Kenin who stunned Williams in the third round 63 36 60Here is the buzz on Twitter after Novak Djokovic and Simona Haleps wins24 consecutive wins at Slams and countingHow far can DjokerNole go He defeats Caruso 63 63 62 for a place in the R16 RG19 pictwittercomsxkfV7dQ7Bmdash RolandGarros rolandgarros June 1 2019Novak Djokovic lsquoThere was a lot of rainhellip but it favoured mersquov Eurosport pictwittercomH7jLF4H675mdash Basia BasiaID June 3 2019Perfect touch u00f0u009fu0091u008cu00f0u009fu008eu00a5 Eurosport_UK DjokerNole RG19pictwittercomIMHg9wyrAamdash ATP Tour ATP_Tour May 27 2019History is madeOur DjokerNole now becomes the ONLY man in history to reach 10 consecutive rolandgarros QUATERFINALS u00f0u009fu0092u00aau00f0u009fu0091u0091u00f0u009fu0091u008fI cant be more prouder of you u00e2u009du00a4u00efu00b8u008f NoleFam RG19 pictwittercomdFne3gHUGsmdash AlwaysProudOfNovak Slavica_NoleFam June 3 2019Moment of victory for DjokerNoleu00f0u009fu0093u00bdu00efu00b8u008f rolandgarrospictwittercomksNkqu5oV7mdash ATP Tour ATP_Tour June 3 2019And here it is The winnerrsquos pic Thanks Simona_Halep u00f0u009fu0098u0098 and good luck for RG19 httpstconslzvnSxu4 pictwittercomwIIrQt8y57mdash Marina Christina K mckParis June 3 2019When you only drop one game on Day Nine at RolandGarrosMore on Simona_Haleps dominance u00f0u009fu0091u0089 httpstcoapzvEE1nNx pictwittercomqueyl8pL9Amdash AusOpen AustralianOpen June 3 201917yearold AnisimovaAmanda makes it through to a careerfirst Grand Slam quarterfinal u00f0u009fu0091u008fUp next Defending RolandGarros champion Simona Halep u00f0u009fu0098u00af pictwittercomHDjY8EIcpzmdash Eurosport UK Eurosport_UK June 3 2019Catch up on all the latest IPL News and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates