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Patna : Second seed Daniil Medvedev, 25, Russia, 6th seed Alexander Zverev, 24, Germany, 12th seed Pablo Carreno Busta, 29, Spain, and World No 46 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, 21, Spain, reached the 4th round of French Open, an ATP Grand Slam tennis tournament, played on outdoor clay courts at Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France, on June 4, 2021.
World No 2 Medvedev beat 32nd seed Reilly Opelka, 23, USA, in straight sets 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 in third round on Court Suzanne Lenglen on June 4, 2021. The Russian hammered 10 Aces in the match to 5 by the American, whois known for firing Aces at will. Medvedev though committed 4 double faults to 2 by the American. The Russian won 5 break points in the match to just 1 by Opelka. He also won 5 games in a row in the match to 2 by the American. Medvedev, in all, won 95 points during the match to 66 by Opelka.
World No 6 Zverev beat World No 55 Laslo Djere, 25, Serbia, in straight sets 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 in 3rd round on June 4, 2021, on Philippe-Chatrier court. The German won 7 break points in the match to 2 by Djere. He fired 4 Aces in the match to 3 by Djere. The Serbian committed 6 double faults in the match to 4 by the German. Zverev won 7 games in a row during the match to 3 by the Serbian. The German, in all, won 109 points in the match to 79 by the Serbian.
World No 12 Busta beat World No 88 Steve Johnson, 31, USA, in straight sets 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 in third round on June 4, 2021. Busta won 5 break points during the match to 1 by Johnson. The American though fired 8 Aces during the match to 5 by the Spaniard. But, the American also committed 5 double faults during the match to 2 by Busta.The Spaniard won 7 games in a row during the match to 3 by Johnson. Busta, in all, won 102 points in the match to 82 by Johnson.
World No 46 Fokina battled past 15th seed Casper Ruud, 22, Norway, in a five-set marathon 7-6, 2-6, 7-6, 0-6, 7-5 in third round on June 4, 2021. Ruud though won 8 break points during the match to 4 by Fokina. The Norwegian also 7 games in a row during the match to 3 by Fokina. Ruud, in all, won 188 points during the match to 173 by the Spaniard. Ruud, however, committed 6 double faults to 4 by Fokina. The Spaniard will face World No 51 Federico Delbonis, 30, Argentina, in 4th round on June 6, 2021.
Delbonis upset 27th seed Fabio Fognini, 34, Italy, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3 in 3rd round on June 4, 2021. Delbonis won 6 break points during the match to just 1 by Fognini. He also won 7 games in a row during the match to 3 by World No 29 Fognini. Both the players served 3 Aces each during the match.