Runes cause controversy when entering the quarterfinals of Roland Garros

Early in the third set, when ninth seed Holger Rune was at a disadvantage, he benefited from referee Kader Nouni's erroneous decision. Cerundolo attacked well, bringing the ball to the ground twice before Rune tipped the ball into the field. The Argentine player stopped the situation because he thought the ball was over. After seeing no action from the referee, Cerundolo smash scored the winner. However, the referee awarded Cerundolo a loss for stopping the situation, causing the ball boy to try to run into the field.

The referee's decision surprised Cerundolo. The same goes for the judges on television as well as the audience on the field. Meanwhile, Rune was silent. Former tennis player Boris Becker said that the referee made a mistake in this situation, and Rune was dishonest. "The ball has definitely touched the ground twice," the German expert told Eurosport. "Cerundolo observes and stops the ball. Rune 100% knows the ball has hit the ground twice. There are players who admit it, but there are people who are silent. But this is the fault of the referee, not the hand. racket".

23rd seed Cerundolo played tit-for-tat with Holger Rune for the whole game. After the ball was awarded the point above, the Argentine player was psychologically affected and lost the serve game. Cerundolo then lost the third set, but won the fourth set 6-1 to equalize the total at 2-2. In the fifth set, Cerundolo missed many opportunities to get ahead, before losing 7-10 in the tie-break that decided the match.

After the match, Rune described the controversial situation as part of the sport that Cerundolo had to accept. "When I hit the ball, I just ran after it without thinking much," the Danish player recalls. "But after watching it again on the screen, the ball did indeed hit the field twice. But the points were counted. I'm sorry for him. Sometimes the referee makes mistakes, maybe in my favor, but also sometimes the referee makes mistakes. for him. That's life."

Rune was criticized by fans on social media after the controversial situation. Cerundolo wondered if the opponent would see the ball touch the field twice. "If he observes and doesn't notify the referee, that's bad," said the 23rd seed. "If he doesn't see the ball hit the field twice, I sympathize with him."

In the quarterfinals, Rune will rematch Casper Ruud. Last year, these two players also met in the quarterfinals of Roland Garros. Ruud won 3-1, then advanced to the final before losing to Rafael Nadal.

The final men's singles quarter-final was determined to be a duel between Alexander Zverev and Tomas Martin Etcheverry. Etcheverry was a phenomenon at the tournament, when he defeated a series of strong players like Alex De Minaur, Borna Coric, Yoshihito Nishioka without losing a set.