Roland-Garros: after a masterful first set, the whimsical Corentin Moutet is subjected to the law of world number 2 Jannik Sinner

Author of a masterful first set, Corentin Moutet then suffered Sinner's law. EPA – YOAN VALAT

Sinner keeps a cool head against Moutet and advances to the quarters. 

World No.2 Jannik Sinner put an end to the good run of Corentin Moutet, the last Frenchman competing in the men's draw, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 in the round of 16 final of Roland-Garros, Sunday evening. For a place in the last four, Sinner will face world No.10 Grigor Dimitrov, for the first time in the quarter-finals on Parisian clay, at age 33.

On the Central Court finally discovered, even revealing the blue sky, Moutet (79th in the world) experienced a dream first set. Drop shots galore, lobs, passings, crashing slices, and even spoon serve: against the world No.2, the strong man of the first part of the season, winner of the # 39;Australian Open in January, who could become world No.1 at the end of the Parisian fortnight, the little left-hander deployed his full range of shots.

Return Goat Sinner

Enough to make Sinner, quickly led 5-0 and who had to wait 29 minutes to score his first game, go crazy. If Moutet did not convert two balls from 6-0, he did pocketed the first round on his third occasion, in 41 minutes. But Sinner knew how to keep a cool head and gradually find a solution to the paws of his atypical opponent, until winning in 2h41 min.

The 22-year-old Italian nevertheless lost his first set since the start of the tournament. With a quarter-final, he equals his best result on Parisian clay. If he were to qualify for the final, he would be assured of becoming world No.1 on June 10. He will also succeed if Novak Djokovic, currently installed on the throne of world tennis, does not reach the final.