After surviving a huge near-miss in the opening round and back-to-back four-set scraps to reach the fourth round though, the Canadian booked his maiden last-eight appearance in Paris 6-3, 7-5, 6-1 – his first straight-sets ledger of this campaign.
The two-hour, six-minute victory set a showdown with 10th seed Flavio Cobolli after the Italian’s earlier four-set win over American Zachary Svajda.
More to come …
