The eighth day of competition at Roland Garros 2021 , which took place this Sunday, June 6 , has left the victories of Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas . Both tennis players solved their matches without giving up any set to seal their place in the quarterfinals of the French Grand Slam.
The Greek, Tsitsipas, ended the dream of one of the Navy tennis players, Pablo Carreño . The man from Gijón fell in three sets (6-3, 6-2 and 7-5) against one of the main favorites to win the title. He had the advantage in the third set and was able to force the fourth but Stefanos reacted and turned it around to put an end to the match and meet Medvedev in the next round.
The Russian, meanwhile, beat the Chilean Christian Garín (6-2, 6-1 and 7-5) . Two impossible right hands at 5-5 in the third set allowed Medvedev to break his opponent’s serve and close the game on serve. He did not fail and next Tuesday he will face Tsitsipas in what will surely be one of the great duels of the day.
Serena Williams says goodbye
In the women’s draw, the defeat of Serena Williams stands out , who fell in two sets (6-3 and 7-5) against the Kazakh Elena Rybakina . Although, without a doubt, the great news of the day was the victory of Paula Badosa against the Russian Marketa Vondrousova (6-4, 3-6 and 6-2).
The Spanish gets into the second week of the Parisian tournament for the first time in its history and will meet Pavlyuchenkova , who beat Azarenka 5-7, 6-3 and 6-2 . The other match in the round of 16 was resolved with the victory of Tamara Zidansek against the Romanian Sorana Cirstea (7-6 and 6-1) .
