Tennis-Tsitsipas blasts past Ofner to make French Open quarter-finals

Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - June 4, 2023 Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas celebrates winning his fourth round match against Austria's Sebastian Ofner REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

PARIS (Reuters) - Stefanos Tsitsipas stepped up his bid for an elusive first Grand Slam title as the Greek fifth seed dismantled Austrian qualifier Sebastian Ofner 7-5 6-3 6-0 on Sunday to book his place in the French Open quarter-finals.

Tsitsipas was left broken-hearted after a five-sets defeat by Novak Djokovic in the 2021 Roland Garros final before another loss to the Serbian at January's Australian Open, but the 24-year-old has barely put a foot wrong in Paris this year.