French Open 2017 results on Day 9: Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka both through
ANDY MURRAY and Stan Wawrinka both sealed their spot in the French Open 2017 quarter-finals on the second Monday of action at Roland Garros.
Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka could face each other in the semi-finals later this year
Murray beat Juan Martin del Potro 7-6, 7-5, 6-0 on Saturday, his best performance on clay in 2017, which has been a difficult year for the new world No1.
Several high-profile defeats to players ranked well below him have left him struggling for form and the Scot has also had to deal with an elbow injury and a bout of illness.
However, Murray believes “you do not become a bad player overnight” and will face either Fernando Verdasco or Kei Nishikori if he can beat 21-year-old Russian Karen Khachanov.
Stan Wawrinka meanwhile faced Gael Monfils who had came through an all-French third-round clash with Richard Gasquet - Marin Cilic is up next for the Swiss.
French Open 2017 results on Day 9 - men’s singles
3-Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) beat 15-Gael Monfils (France) 7-5 7-6(7) 6-2
7-Marin Cilic (Croatia) beat Kevin Anderson (South Africa) 6-3 3-0 (Anderson retired)
8-Kei Nishikori (Japan) beat Fernando Verdasco (Spain) 0-6 6-4 6-4 6-0
1-Andy Murray (Britain) beat Karen Khachanov (Russia) 6-3 6-4 6-4
French Open 2017 results on Day 9 - women’s singles
5-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) beat Petra Martic (Croatia) 4-6 6-3 7-5
3-Simona Halep (Romania) beat 21-Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) 6-1 6-1
28-Caroline Garcia (France) beat Alize Cornet (France) 6-2 6-4
2-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) beat Veronica Cepede Royg (Paraguay) 2-6 6-3 6-4
French Open 2017 schedule on Day 9
Court Philippe Chatrier
Suarez Navarro v Halep
Murray v Khachanov
Wawrinka v Monfils
Garcia v Cornet
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Svitolina v Martic
Verdasco v Nishikori
Anderson v Cilic
Cepede Royg v Pliskova
Court 1
Ashleigh Barty/Casey Dellacqua v Daria Gavrilova/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Andreja Klepac/Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez v Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina
Bethanie Mattek-Sands/Lucie Safarova v Svetlana Kuznetsova/Kristina Mladenovic
Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares v Santiago Gonzalez/Donald Young
Court 2
Miomir Kecmanovic v Jaimee Floyd Angele
Lucie Hradecka/Katerina Siniakova v Hao-Ching Chan/Barbora Krejcikova
Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah v Julio Peralta/Horacio Zeballos
Lucie Hradecka/Marcin Matkowski v Casey Dellacqua/Rajeev Ram
Gabriela Dabrowski/Rohan Bopanna v Sania Mirza/Ivan Dodig