Madison Keys of the US celebrating after victory over Romania's Mihaela Buzarnescu during their women's singles fourth round match on day eight of The Roland Garros 2018 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on Sunday — AFP PARIS, June 03 (AFP): American 13th seed Madison Keys reached the French Open quarter-finals for the first time on Sunday with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Romania's Mihaela Buzarnescu.
Keys, the US Open runner-up last year, will face either Czech 26th seed Barbora Strycova or Yulia Putintseva, the 98th-ranked Kazakh, for a place in the semi-finals.
Meanwhile, German second seed Alexander Zverev claimed his third successive comeback win at the French Open to reach his first Grand Slam quarter-final on Sunday, edging Russian Karen Khachanov in five sets.
The 21-year-old played some stunning tennis in the closing stages of a dramatic 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 fourth-round victory and will next play either Dominic Thiem or Kei Nishikori.
In another match, Austrian seventh seed Dominic Thiem reached his third successive French Open quarter-final on Sunday with a 6-2, 6-0, 5-7, 6-4 win over Japan's Kei Nishikori.
Thiem, the only man to defeat 10-time Roland Garros champion Nadal on clay this year, will face German second seed Zverev for a place in the semi-finals.
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