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 just below two hours to succeed in 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 sluggish 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 Last 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 believed Bublik may trigger just a few issues, as Sinner has proven all event that he’s far too good for ball machine-type gamers.

Bublik gives one thing a bit completely different, however he began nervously, making approach 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 bought his dropshot working properly, Sinner broke within the eleventh sport to grab the set after which went on to bagel Bublik within the third, profitable the final eight video games of the match.

We performed a pair occasions already, so you understand a bit bit what to anticipate. However in one other approach, with him, you by no means know what is occurring. He deserved to be within the quarter-finals, he beat very powerful opponents. I attempted to remain targeted from my facet of the court docket and play as strong as potential as he can have some ups and downs. I’m making an attempt to serve very effectively in necessary moments, which I’ve performed. In opposition to this sort of participant, it’s important to be constant as a result of in case you make a whole lot of errors, it’s a sport the place if we each serve very effectively, there may be already not so many rallies. I attempted to get rhythm with the rallies. I’m very comfortable and proud of 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 Received
78% (36/46)
68% (39/57)

2nd Serve Factors Received
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 Received
32% (18/57)
22% (10/46)

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

Break Factors Received
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)

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

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

Match Factors Saved
0
0

Max Factors In A Row
7
4

Complete 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 12 months’s finalist Alexander Zverev 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to succeed in his 51st Grand Slam semi-final.

Zverev began strongly, taking a 2-0 lead and profitable the primary set with a 17/18 first-serve level success charge. However you possibly can sense Novak was moving 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 different method that included drop pictures and internet play, to stage the rating shortly.

He maintained this method till the tip, mixing quick factors, internet exchanges, and gruelling rallies, together with a 41-shot rally to avoid wasting a break level within the fourth set’s sixth sport, which is a degree of the 12 months contender.

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

A number of weeks in the past, I used to be considering Novak might even skip clay to concentrate on the grass season, given his early-season struggles. Nonetheless, he has regained high type, arriving in Paris recent off his one hundredth tour-level title in Geneva, and he’s now on a nine-match win streak.

Tonight, I believed he performed very solidly and exploited the weaknesses in Zverev’s sport. I’m reluctant to say ‘nice’ as I’m undecided about Zverev’s stage 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 very best 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 all the time 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 outdated 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 by the center of the court docket from approach again. Satirically, among the best factors he performed was when saving one of many 4 match factors within the closing sport 😕

Particularly over the last sport, my tactic was simply to play drop pictures. So I performed three or 4 in a row… Possibly you may’t see it on TV, however there may be a whole lot of wind from one facet, so it provides the feeling that you need to hit twice as exhausting. It was necessary to fluctuate the sport. Evidently there was a whole lot of stress on the finish, Zverev has been among the best gamers on this planet over the previous six years. Matches like this tonight are the explanation why I nonetheless wish to play and compete. Djokovic on his win.