June 5, 2025; Paris, FR; Jannik Sinner of Italy celebrates winning its match against Alexander Bublik or Kazakhstan on the 11th at the Roland Garros stadium. Mandatory credit: images of Susan Mullane imagn
The Final Four of the France Open is established, since Jannik Sinner of Italy and Novak Djokovic of Serbia each prevailed in the quarterfinals of the event on Wednesday in Paris to advance the semifinals.
They will face in the middle of the semifinals on Friday, joining the Italian Lorenzo Musetti and the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, who will also fight before Sunday at Roland Garros.
Sinner, the best classified player in the world, closed Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan in straight sets in just under two hours, doing a short job of him on the clay court.
In search of his first championship of the France Open, Sinner won 6-1, 7-5, 6-0, running to an easy victory in the first set in Court Philippe-Chaatrier before being pressed on Set 2.
Bublik had advantages of 4-3 and 5-4, before the 23-year-old sinner was recovered three consecutive victories for the rally.
From there, it was a soft navigation on the final set.
“We already played a couple of times, so you know a little what to expect,” Sinner said. “But otherwise, with him, you never know what is happening. He deserved to be in the quarterfinals. He beat very hard opponents. I tried to stay concentrated from my side of the court and play as much as possible as possible and had had had
To know, Sinner obtained 31 winners, while Bublik endured 37 errors not forced in the game.
After having won his last 19 games in the main events, Sinner became the first Italian man to reach the six important semifinals.
Despite never moving beyond the semifinals in this event before, Sinner expressed emotion for the next opportunity.
“I am very happy and happy with the way I arrived at the semifinals,” Sinner said. “The semifinals in Grand Slams are very special, so I’m looking forward to it.”
Djokovic, 38, tok three hours and 20 minutes to defeat Alexander Zverev from Germany in Roland Garros 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to maintain the dispute so it would be his first older since 2024 (Australia open).
A clay race continues for Djokovic, who won in Geneva and has now won nine games in a row on the surface.
It was not easy, especially from the beginning, since Zverev took advantage of the 2-0 control and made that advantage be maintained for an opening victory.
Djokavic corrected that mistake in set 2, building an advantage of 4-1. Hello, the same, going up 2-0 on set 4.
Set 3 was different, with Zverev up 1-0 and 2-1, before Djokovic took five consecutive victories for the set.
“My tactic was just playing falling shots,” Djokovic said. “Then, I played three or four in a row … maybe you can’t see it on television, but there is a lot of wind on one side, so it gives the feeling that you must hit the double of strong. It was important to vary the game.”
Despite all that, Zverev never admitted, and only lost the winners 42-38. The German also proved to be relatively the same at the return points
However, in the last game of the day, the two exchanged 41 shots, with the Serbian finally winning after converting their fifth game point.
“Obviously, there was a lot of pressure at the end,” said Djokovic. “Zverev has been one of the best players in the world in the last six years. The games like this tonight are the reason I want to play and compete.”
