Roland Garros 2020 - Day 8 Men’s Singles

Day Eight of Roland Garros 2020, and the sun keeps shining on Jannik Sinner. The unseeded Italian dismantled US Open finalist and 6th seed Alexander Zverev, to book a quarter final appearance with Rafael Nadal.

If Nadal wins that encounter, he will have made the semis without having to play a single seed.

2019 champion:

Rafael Nadal (2) who defeated Dominic Thiem (4) 6-3 5-7 6-1 6-1

Round of sixteen 

Diego Schwartzman (12) defeated Lorenzo Sonego 6-1 6-3 6-4

Dominic Thiem (3) defeated wildcard Hugo Gaston 6-4 6-4 5-7 3-6 6-3

Jannik Sinner defeated Alexander Zverev (6) 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-3

Rafael Nadal (2) defeated qualifier Sebastian Korda 6-1 6-1 6-2

Quarter final match ups 

Diego Schwartzman (12) v Dominic Thiem (3)

Jannik Sinner v Rafael Nadal (2)