Injury forces Griekspoor to retire, sends Zverev into quarter-finals
Alexander Zverev, the No. 3 seed, advanced to his fifth consecutive French Open quarter-final after opponent Tallon Griekspoor was forced to retire due to an abdominal injury. Despite leading early in the first set, Griekspoor's physical discomfort made it impossible to continue. The Dutchman expressed his disappointment, revealing the injury occurred during warm-up, cutting short his bid for a first Grand Slam quarter-final.
Alexander Zverev, the third seed at Roland Garros, secured his passage into the quarter-finals when his opponent, Tallon Griekspoor, was forced to retire from their match due to an injury. The Dutchman's unfortunate exit sends Zverev into the last eight of the French Open for an impressive fifth consecutive year.
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The match began with Griekspoor taking an early lead, breaking Zverev to go up 3-0 in the first set. However, Zverev mounted a strong comeback, turning the tide to claim the opening set 6-4. As the second set commenced, Griekspoor quickly found himself a break down, and it soon became evident that he was struggling with a physical issue that prevented him from continuing the contest.
Griekspoor later revealed the nature of his injury, explaining, "This morning and in the warmup with the last couple of serves that I hit, I pulled my abdominal." He added that this was his first experience with such an injury, though he recognized the feeling from previous muscle strains. Despite a pre-match scan showing nothing—likely due to the immediacy of the injury—Griekspoor attempted to play. "Felt actually okay in the first set even though I didn’t serve harder than 180 and went all the way down to 150 at some point," he noted. "I just want to give it a shot, but yeah, realized pretty early that it was not going to be my day."
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The score stood at 6-4, 3-0 in Zverev's favor when the world No. 35 Griekspoor officially withdrew from the match on Monday afternoon in Paris.
For Griekspoor, this marks a disappointing end to a promising run, as he was vying for his first-ever Grand Slam quarter-final appearance. His journey to the third round included hard-fought victories over American Marcos Giron (4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5), Canadian Gabriel Diallo (7-5, 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-3), and American qualifier Ethan Quinn (4-6, 6-1, 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-4) in the earlier stages of the tournament.
