French Open: Kudermetova beats Keys to reach QFs

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She held and then broke Keys’ serve to take a 2-0 lead in the second, which she served out on her seventh set point.

Kudermetova broke in the opening game of the third set after being down 40-0 and, with the exception of a service break in the fourth game, controlled the rest of the match.

New milestone ✅

Veronika Kudermetova reaches her first career Grand Slam quarter-final with a comeback win against Keys 1-6, 6-3, 6-1#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/dVpyV5ERQA

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 30, 2022

Kudermetova hadn’t been past the third round in singles at any of her previous 12 major tournaments. Keys was a runner-up at the 2017 U.S. Open and was coming off a semifinal run at the Australian Open.

Keys and Jessica Pegula went into the fourth round hoping for wins to ensure four American women in the quarterfinals at Roland Garros for the first time since 2002. Sloane Stephens and Coco Gauff have already advanced on the other side of the draw.

Kudermetova on the comeback trail 🧭#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/9vAi97bTBH

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 30, 2022

Pegula was playing Irina-Camelia Begu later Monday.

Daria Kasatkina has matched her best performance in a major by reaching the quarterfinals at the French Open with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Camila Giorgi.

The 20th-seeded Kasatkina saved a break point as she served for the match and clinched it on back-to-back unforced errors from Giorgi.

Back in the quarter-finals for the first time since 2018 👏@DKasatkina breezes past Giorgi 6-2 6-2.#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/FgbJvL7mE3

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 30, 2022

She will next play either Madison Keys or Veronika Kudermetova.

“I’m excited about the quarterfinals at Roland Garros, most important,” said Kasatkina, who reached the quarterfinals at the French Open and Wimbledon in 2018. “It doesn’t matter who is on the other side of the net.”

Jessica Pegula has made it to the French Open quarterfinals for the first time by coming back to beat Irina-Camelia Begu 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Pegula joins two other American women in the quarterfinals in Paris. Coco Gauff and Sloane Stephens face each other on Tuesday.

The 26-year-old Pegula is seeded 11th at Roland Garros. Her two previous runs to the round of eight at Grand Slam tournaments came at the Australian Open — this January and last year.

Pegula arrived in Paris with a 2-3 career record at the clay-court major, with one third-round appearance.

Precision with a capital 'P' 🎯@JLPegula | #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/MPCqDeQ8WM

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 30, 2022

She needed 10 match points to close out her first-round victory and eight in the second round last week.

Pegula, whose parents own the NFL’s Buffalo Bills and the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres, will play either No. 1 Iga Swiatek or 74th-ranked Chinese teenager Zheng Qinwen in the quarterfinals.

Begu is a 31-year-old from Romania who is ranked 63rd and fell to 0-3 in fourth-round matches at majors. She was fined $10,000 earlier during this French Open after she threw her racket, which bounced into the stands and brushed a child in the stands.

Begu had won both of her past two meetings against Pegula in straight sets.