Key events
Incidentally it was a meniscus tear that ended Roger Federerâs career. Letâs hope Djokovic has a smoother recovery.
LâÃquipe is reporting that Djokovic will undergo surgery in Paris today on the torn medial meniscus in his right knee. That would almost certainly rule him out of Wimbledon, which begins on 1 July â but he could be fit in time for the Olympics, with the tennis event taking place at Roland Garros from 27 July.
Order of play
COURT PHILIPPE CHATRIER
2.15pm start/1.15pm BST
(12) Jasmine Paolini (Italy) v (4) Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
Mirra Andreeva (Russia) v (2) Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)
Not before 8.15pm/7.15pm BST
(4) Alexander Zverev (Germany) v (11) Alex De Minaur (Australia)
Preamble
Bonjour le monde! Et bienvenue au jour onze de notre couverture de Roland Garros pour lâaction quart de finale.
So do you want the good news or the bad news?
Letâs hit you with the bad first. The withdrawal of Novak Djokovic because of injury means that itâs a truncated day session today, with Casper Ruud getting a walkover in their quarter-final, leaving us with two rather than three matches on the schedule.
But donât despair! Weâve still got two intriguing womenâs matches between two champions of the game and two rising challengers playing in their first grand slam quarter-finals, as the 2022 Wimbledon winner Elena Rybakina faces the in-form Italian Jasmine Paolini and the reigning Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka plays the 17-year-old Russian prodigy Mirra Andreeva.
And thatâs not all: because weâve decided to bring you coverage of the night match between Alexander Zverev and Alex de Minaur as an added bonus. Weâre nice like that.
Feeling better? Sure you are. And almost certainly better than Djokovic, as he nurses his knee knack, ponders losing his world No 1 ranking to Jannik Sinner and faces a race to be fit for Wimbledon and the Olympics. He really canât catch a break this year.
Play begins at: 1.15pm BST/2.15pm Paris time
