Sunday recap
Sunday’s first day of R4 matches threw up more shocks and surprises. Big names fell and up-and-comers put in remarkable performances.
Chatrier’s opener pitted Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk against four-time RG champion Iga Swiatek. Dan Imhoff took his seat to watch as Kostyuk denied Iga the chance of a first clay-court title in two years. Not wanting to lose his seat, Dan stayed to watch another Ukrainian, Elina Svitolina, who defeated Belinda Bencic to set up a quarterfinal against Kostyuk.
With no match to cover in the morning, Chris Oddo got out to chat to fans. He hung around the big scoreboard outside Court 9 and asked people for their men’s champion predictions, and even bumped into Jesper de Jong’s dad. Given that several people chose Zverev for the title, Chris felt he should check out the German’s match against De Jong, in which Zverev faced few problems. Chris had one more story to file on Sunday: a thoughtful piece on Zach Svajda – currently in action on Chatrier – his 2026 season of grief off court and success on it, and how he has navigated both.
Alex Sharp took up position on Lenglen for the all-Spanish showdown between 34-year-old Pablo Carreno Busta and 19-year-old Rafael Jodar. Youth, on this occasion, was the winner. Also seizing the opportunity to keep his seat, Alex then watched as No.8 seed Mirra Andreeva moved past Swiss Jil Teichmann and into the quarterfinals here for a third successive year.
Victoria Chiesa kept an eye on Brazilian sensation Joao Fonseca as he secured his first Grand Slam quarterfinal with a late-night, four-set win over Casper Ruud.
And as always, Lee Goodall was on hand to wrap it all up for you.
➡️ Order of play for Monday
➡️ Live scores
