French Open 2023 live in the ticker: Zverev fights Etcheverry for the semifinals, Ruud challenged by Rune

On June 7th in Roland-Garros, the men’s and women’s teams will be fighting for the last semi-final tickets in Paris.

The men’s finalists meet in the night session Casper Ruud and the Danish youngster Holger Rune on each other. On Alexander Zverev the Argentinian is also waiting Tomás Martin Etcheverry.

Previously was the world number one Iga Swiatek in action. The Pole defeated Coco Gauff (USA) clear. Kicked things off on Wednesday Beatrice Haddad Maia and Ons Jabeur (Tunisia). The Brazilian won somewhat surprisingly.

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The quarterfinals of the day:

• B. Haddad Maia (BRA/14) – O. Jabeur (TUN/7) 3:6, 7:6 (7:5), 6:1 | To the report
• I. Swiatek (POL/1) – C. Gauff (USA/6) 6: 4, 6: 2 | To the report
• LIVE: A. Zverev (GER/22) – TM. Etcheverry (ARG) 6-4, 3-6, 4-2
• not before 8:15 p.m.: H. Rune (DEN/6) – C. Ruud (NOR/4)

6:10 p.m .: Zverev – Etcheverry 6: 4, 3: 6, 4: 2

Zverev is now turning up. The Olympic champion comes to the net and creates new break chances. That’s strong! But Etcheverry counters worth seeing. But then Zverev gets the break. He returns a serve from the Argentinian powerfully, Etcheverry can only hit wide.

6:05 p.m .: Zverev – Etcheverry 6: 4, 3: 6, 3: 2

The game is getting better in general. Zverev is back on the train and he serves strong. Without any major problems he gets the game to 3:2. Etcheverry is put under pressure by the German and puts a ball wide open.

6 p.m.: Zverev – Etcheverry 6: 4, 3: 6, 2: 2

Etcheverry was clearly the better player in the last half hour. But now he gives the German the break chance on a silver platter. With a forehand winner, Zverev also gets the break! He is thus in sentence three to zero.

5:54 p.m .: Zverev – Etcheverry 6: 4, 3: 6, 1: 2

The Olympic champion holds against it. He makes it to the start. But he can’t take the chance, Etcheverry takes the game with another great stop-winner. Zverev has to stay tuned now. Otherwise it will be difficult in the third set. The German holds his service.

5:44 p.m .: Zverev – Etcheverry 6: 4, 3: 6, 0: 1

Zverev opens the third set. The worm is now in the German. He gives up his service to zero. Zverev played four (!) unforced errors in a row and gave the Argentine the game to make it 1-0.

5:38 p.m .: Zverev – Etcheverry 6: 4, 3: 6

Etcheverry has three set points in a matter of minutes. Zverev can fend off the first. Then the Argentine plays a double fault. Set ball number three turns Etcheverry. Zverev pulls a backhand into the side. That completes the sentence.

5:32 p.m .: Zverev – Etcheverry 6: 4, 3: 5

With his own serve, the German comes under pressure again. He also plays a double fault. Etcheverry gets two break chances. Zverev messes up an overhead shot, he clearly warps it off. With that, the Argentinian has a break again and serves straight away to equalize the set.

5:27 p.m .: Zverev – Etcheverry 6: 4, 3: 4

Zverev puts pressure on: He tries to get into the rallies on Etcheverry’s serve. The Argentine wobbles a bit. Zverev gets the chance for the rebreak with a backhand winner. The German doesn’t miss that and he gets the break.

5:22 p.m .: Zverev – Etcheverry 6: 4, 2: 4

And then there is the first break chance of the second set: Etcheverry puts Zverev under pressure. The German comes to the net, but the stop is too weak. Etcheverry can make the break perfect with a passing shot. 4: 2 for the Argentine!

5:17 p.m .: Zverev – Etcheverry 6: 4, 2: 3

The match has been babbling along so far. In any case, the level can still be increased on both sides. Etcheverry doesn’t show any weakness and gets his service to make it 3:2. There was no breakball in the second round. The two serve very well.

5:13 p.m .: Zverev – Etcheverry 6: 4, 2: 2

And Zverev has to follow suit again. The Olympic champion does the same: he serves very hard and doesn’t let his opponent get into the rallies. Zverev wins his service game again to zero.

5:08 p.m .: Zverev – Etcheverry 6: 4, 1: 2

Zverev is going strong. He wins his own service without dropping a point. So far, his opponent is a little more error-prone. When Etcheverry serves, Zverev gets back into the rallies well. After 30: 0 the Argentinian fights back and gets the ball with an ace. There was something more in it for the German.

5:01 p.m .: Zverev – Etcheverry 6: 4, 0: 1

After a short break, Etcheverry also opens the second set. The Argentine apparently didn’t let the loss of the set unsettle him too much. With the second ace of the match, he gets the cue ball. Then he forces Zverev to make a mistake and gets the first service game.

4:55 p.m .: Zverev – Etcheverry 6: 4

The Argentine doesn’t give up. Etcheverry wins his next service game again with ease. Zverev still serves to win the set. But his opponent defends himself strongly. He gets Zverev into longer rallies and makes it up to 30:30. After 51 minutes of play, the German has the first set ball. He converted this in a concentrated manner to 6:4. That was hard work…

4:46 p.m .: Zverev – Etcheverry 5: 3

But Etcheverry is not letting up. He immediately counters Zverev’s serve and gets the chance to rebreak. However, the German forces his opponent to make mistakes, breakball number one and two are gone. At the net, Zverev closes the sack and gets the 5: 3.

4:37 p.m .: Zverev – Etcheverry 4: 3

Zverev follows up again: He serves very hard and wins his service to zero. The quota for the first has also increased in the meantime. From Zverev’s point of view, this is going in the right direction. Now the Olympic champion is back on the trigger. He earns more breakballs. Etcheverry misses a forehand. And there’s the break!

4:29 p.m .: Zverev – Etcheverry 2: 3

Etcheverry has so far had the better rate on the first serves (71 to 64 percent). But Zverev keeps coming back to the rallies when he serves. The German gets his next break chance, but he misses the ball. With a brilliant winner, the Argentine then gets the 3:2.

4:23 p.m .: Zverev – Etcheverry 2: 2

Zverev tries to build up pressure again when the opponent serves. But Etcheverry serves very well and holds at love. But Zverev also follows suit. He serves very well but also benefits from some slight mistakes by his opponent. With another ace, the German gets the game to 2:2. So far the match is very balanced.

4:14 p.m .: Zverev – Etcheverry 1: 1

Zverev himself starts with a double fault. But then the German puts more pressure on him. He determines the rallies and serves well. A first ace is denied to Zverev by the referee, who sees the ball out. Another double fault follows. But the Olympic champion follows up with an ace and wins the game.

4:04 p.m .: Zverev – Etcheverry 0: 1

Etcheverry opens the match. A few longer rallies develop directly, the Argentine serves well. Zverev can earn his first break chance. Etcheverry parries this with another good first serve. It goes several times over debut. In the end, the Argentinian still wins the game.

3:55 p.m .: Zverev – Etcheverry -:-

The two players enter the Philippe-Chatrier court and warm up for a few minutes. As in the last few matches, Zverev was warmly welcomed by the audience. The German recently became a fan favorite in Paris.

INFO: Swiatek is in the semifinals

The women’s quarterfinals are now over. In the end, Swiatek clearly won 6: 4, 6: 2 against Gauff. This means that Zverev’s match is next. It should start in about 15 minutes.

INFO: The start of the game is delayed

Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff are currently playing the second set of their game, which means that Zverev and Etcheverry still have to wait to play. The original start at 3:00 p.m. cannot be adhered to. More information on the start time will follow.

INFO – Welcome

Welcome to the 11th tournament day of the French Open in Roland-Garros! Katharina Wiedenmann accompanies you through the next quarter-finals in Paris.