The 5th-seeded Norwegian defeated the Frenchman 3–1 in sets (6–1, 6–2, 6–7, 6–2). After completely dominating the first two sets, he dropped the third set, before finally securing victory.
It is the first time that Ruud is in the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament on a surface faster than clay. Last spring, he made it all the way to the final of the French Championship, which is played on clay.
— When my father played, hard courts were much faster. They have done us gravel players a favor by making them slower. I like to play on it, although gravel is still my favorite, says Ruud in an interview with the organizer.
In the quarter-finals on Tuesday, he meets Italian Matteo Berrettini, who beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the fourth round.