Tenth seed Flavio Cobolli will contest his maiden Roland-Garros quarterfinal after steadying his nerves to fend off a late-surging Zachary Svajda in four sets on Monday.
One of three Italians through to the last 16 in the top half of the men’s draw, Cobolli is not accustomed to being his nation’s best hope at a major, but with world No.1 Jannik Sinner shown an early exit and 11th-ranked Lorenzo Musetti out injured, he did his bit to keep the flag flying after overcoming a nerve-riddled finish.
