Italian Lorenzo Sonego battled again from two units right down to knock seventh seed Andrey Rublev out of the French Open on Friday and attain the final 16 for the second time. The world quantity 48 was two factors from defeat throughout a fourth-set tie-break however prevailed 5-7, 0-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 after three hours and 42 minutes on Court Suzanne Lenglen. Sonego will face Russian eleventh seed Karen Khachanov for a potential quarter-final assembly with 22-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic. “Incredible comeback today,” he stated. “I played more aggressive than in the first and second sets because when he’s aggressive it’s tough to compete against him.

“I performed with the correct angle and I modified the whole lot.”

It was a surprise defeat for Russian Rublev who had reached the last eight on each of his past three Slam appearances and won the Monte Carlo Masters this season.

Rublev led 5-4 in the fourth-set breaker but the momentum switched when Sonego forced a decider which he took thanks to a break of serve in the eighth game.

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