French Open 2025 Day Eleven Recap

Wednesday at Roland Garros delivered two assertion wins, confirming the Friday semi-final lineup in Paris.

Jannik Sinner produced one other commanding efficiency, dismantling Alexander Bublik in slightly below two hours to achieve his sixth Grand Slam semi-final.

Later within the day, Novak Djokovic reminded everybody why he’s nonetheless a power in Paris, recovering from a gradual begin to defeat Alexander Zverev in 4 units.

The 24-time Slam champion now strikes into his thirteenth Roland Garros semi-final and can face Sinner in a blockbuster Friday conflict.

With Alcaraz vs. Musetti already locked in from the highest half, the ultimate 4 is about. Right here’s how Day Eleven unfolded on the clay.

Day Eleven French Open 2025 Quarter Remaining Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Jannik Sinner (1)
Alexander Bublik
6-1 7-5 6-0

Novak Djokovic (6)
Alexander Zverev (3)
4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4

Jannik Sinner (1) def Alexander Bublik 6-1 7-5 6-0

Jannik Sinner is into his sixth Grand Slam semi-final after seeing off Alexander Bublik 6-1, 7-5, 6-0.

The World No. 1 dominated on Courtroom Philippe-Chatrier, utilizing his trademark precision to counter Bublik’s sport in a one-hour, 48-minute rout.

I assumed Bublik would possibly trigger just a few issues, as Sinner has proven all event that he’s far too good for ball machine-type gamers.

Bublik affords one thing a bit completely different, however he began nervously, making method too many errors as he dropped the opener 6-1.

That set the tone for the match because it sucked any perception out of Bublik, and though he rallied within the second set when he acquired his dropshot working properly, Sinner broke within the eleventh sport to grab the set after which went on to bagel Bublik within the third, successful the final eight video games of the match.

We performed a pair occasions already, so you realize a bit bit what to anticipate. However in one other method, with him, you by no means know what is occurring. He deserved to be within the quarter-finals, he beat very robust opponents. I attempted to remain targeted from my facet of the courtroom and play as strong as attainable as he can have some ups and downs. I’m making an attempt to serve very effectively in vital moments, which I’ve carried out. Towards this type of participant, it’s a must to be constant as a result of in case you make lots of errors, it’s a sport the place if we each serve very effectively, there’s already not so many rallies. I attempted to get rhythm with the rallies. I’m very pleased and pleased with how I arrived within the semi-finals. Semi-finals in Grand Slams are very particular, so I’m trying ahead to it. Sinner on his win.

Match Stats

Jannik Sinner
Alexander Bublik

Winners
31
22

Unforced Errors
13
37

Aces
5
5

Double Faults
1
6

1st Serve %
60% (46/77)
64% (57/89)

1st Serve Factors Gained
78% (36/46)
68% (39/57)

2nd Serve Factors Gained
69% (22/32)
22% (7/32)

Break Factors Saved
100% (2/2)
57% (8/14)

Service Video games
100% (13/13)
50% (6/12)

1st Return Factors Gained
32% (18/57)
22% (10/46)

2nd Return Factors Gained
78% (25/32)
31% (10/32)

Break Factors Gained
43% (6/14)
0% (0/2)

Return Video games
50% (6/12)
0% (0/13)

Strain Factors
50% (8/16)
50% (8/16)

Service Factors
74% (57/77)
51% (45/89)

Return Factors
49% (44/89)
26% (20/77)

Web Factors
58% (18/31)
43% (9/21)

Whole Factors
61% (101/166)
39% (65/166)

Match Factors Saved
0
0

Max Factors In A Row
7
4

Whole Video games
76% (19/25)
24% (6/25)

Max Video games In A Row
9
1

Highlights

Novak Djokovic (6) def Alexander Zverev (6) 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4

Novak Djokovic delivered a commanding efficiency on Wednesday night at Roland Garros, overcoming final yr’s finalist Alexander Zverev 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to achieve his 51st Grand Slam semi-final.

Zverev began strongly, taking a 2-0 lead and successful the primary set with a 17/18 first-serve level success price. However you might sense Novak was entering into issues, and after being damaged in his opening service sport, he by no means appeared like dropping serve once more.

Within the second set, Djokovic started to combine up his sport, disrupting Zverev’s baseline sport with a various method that included drop photographs and web play, to degree the rating shortly.

He maintained this method till the tip, mixing quick factors, web exchanges, and gruelling rallies, together with a 41-shot rally to save lots of a break level within the fourth set’s sixth sport, which is some extent of the yr contender.

He then sealed the three-hour, 18-minute victory on his fifth match level to maneuver into his thirteenth Roland Garros semi-final.

Just a few weeks in the past, I used to be pondering Novak might even skip clay to give attention to the grass season, given his early-season struggles. Nonetheless, he has regained high kind, arriving in Paris contemporary off his one hundredth tour-level title in Geneva, and he’s now on a nine-match win streak.

Tonight, I assumed he performed very solidly and exploited the weaknesses in Zverev’s sport. I’m reluctant to say ‘nice’ as I’m unsure about Zverev’s degree of play.

The German is a straightforward goal for criticism, so I don’t wish to kick him whereas he’s down, however his file towards the most effective in Slams is comparatively poor (8/15 vs. Prime 10), and tonight was a weak efficiency the place he by no means appeared like he thought he was the winner on the market.

Djokovic was at all times one step forward of him, as he learn his sport simply, and he hit his groundstrokes with much more conviction (averaging +3mph extra). So, it was the identical previous story for Sascha: too passive at occasions and never grabbing the bull by the horns. When he goes one arrange, he has to maintain his foot down, not begin hitting via the center of the courtroom from method again. Mockingly, among the finest factors he performed was when saving one of many 4 match factors within the ultimate sport 😕

Particularly over the past sport, my tactic was simply to play drop photographs. So I performed three or 4 in a row… Possibly you’ll be able to’t see it on TV, however there’s lots of wind from one facet, so it provides the feeling that you could hit twice as laborious. It was vital to range the sport. Evidently there was lots of stress on the finish, Zverev has been among the finest gamers on the earth over the previous six years. Matches like this tonight are the rationale why I nonetheless wish to play and compete. Djokovic on his win.