Tsitsipas through to fourth round after injured Bedene retires


  • Tennis
  • Saturday, 03 Oct 2020

Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - October 3, 2020 Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas in action during his third round match against Slovenia's Aljaz Bedene REUTERS/Charles Platiau

PARIS (Reuters) - Greek fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas advanced to the fourth round of the French Open on Saturday after his opponent Aljaz Bedene retired with an ankle injury while trailing 6-1 6-2 3-1.

In his fourth round, the Greek will play Bulgarian 18th seed Grigor Dimitrov, who also advanced in a similar fashion when Roberto Carballes Baena of Spain retired due to sickness after going down 6-1 6-3.

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