Greek No.5 seed Tsitsipas and Rublev will square off for the second time in 10 days as Kvitova downs Zhang
Stefanos Tsitsipas took down Bulgarian No.18 seed Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 7-6(9), 6-2 to become the first Greek, man or woman, in history to reach the Roland-Garros quarter-finals.
The 22-year-old Tsitsipas converted 3/12 break points and won 71 per cent of the points on both his first and second serve en route to a two-hour 26-minute victory.
"I felt comfortable and I think playing Grigor, he can be very unpredictable, he has a very good game, so coming into the match you don't really know what to expect. We have a similar style of play, so I knew if I can be as aggressive as possible and play with forehand, use my serve to create opportunities, they're eventually going to come. That was a very high quality of tennis from both of us," said Tsitsipas.
The No.5 seed next has a rematch with Russian No.13 seed Andrey Rublev, who defeated Tsitsipas in the Hamburg final eight days ago.
Rublev battled for nearly four hours before leaping into the Roland-Garros quarter-finals for the first time in his career.
The former junior champion dug deep to extinguish the challenge of Hungarian Marton Fucsovics 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-4, 7-6(3).
Rublev is now on a nine-match winning streak and he's through to a second consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final, having reached the same stage at the US Open last month.
"I expected a match exactly like this. I expected it to be really, really tough. I’ve played him two times before. In Davis Cup I lost to him in five sets (on clay), so I knew it was going to be really tough. But in the end I’m really happy I won today," said the 22-year-old Rublev.
Petra Kvitova has returned to the Roland-Garros quarter-finals for the first time since 2012, thanks to a 6-2, 6-4 dismissal of China's Zhang Shuai in the opening match on Court Philippe-Chatrier on Monday.
The Czech No.7 seed next faces Germany's Laura Siegemund, who ousted Spaniard Paula Badosa 7-5, 6-2.
Kvitova was broken while serving for the match at 6-2, 5-2 but did not waste her opportunity the second time around to book a spot in the last eight.
She improves to 4-2 in career meetings with the 39th-ranked Zhang and is now guaranteed a return to the top 10 in the world rankings.
Kvitova has now reached 13 Grand Slam quarter-finals.
"It was a nice battle today, luckily we have a roof here, so thank you for that for sure. It's been really difficult, a tough match. She served very well, she played very aggressive," Kvitova told Fabrice Santoro on court.
"I'm very happy I managed to win, even if I didn't serve it out at 5-2, I'm very happy for the end."
Meanwhile, Polish teenager Iga Swiatek punched her ticket to the doubles quarter-finals alongside her partner Nicole Melichar with a 6-3, 6-4 success over No.6 seeds Demi Schuurs and Kveta Peschke.
Swiatek stunned top seed Simona Halep on Sunday to reach the quarter-finals in singles.
Champions at the US Open just a few weeks ago, Bruno Soares and Mate Pavic posted a ninth consecutive Grand Slam match-win by overcoming Australian Open winners and No.3 seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 in the doubles quarter-finals.
The No.7 seeds await the winners of the clash between top-seeded Colombians Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah and Danish-German duo Frederik Nielsen and Tim Puetz.
ROLAND-GARROS
18 May - 7 June 2026
