Olympic Games—Paris, France

Djokovic, Alcaraz Reach Olympic Quarterfinals

Top seed Novak Djokovic and No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz raced into the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games on Wednesday in Paris, France.

First up, Djokovic needed one hour and 37 minutes to oust Dominik Koepfer 7-5, 6-3. Slamming 19 winners and five aces, Djokovic will next face No. 8 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas for a place in the semifinals.

Tsitsipas dismissed No. 12 seed Sebastian Baez 7-5, 6-1.

Djokovic leads his head-to-head meeting with Tsitsipas at 11-2.

Elsewhere, reigning French Open and Wimbledon winner Carlos Alcaraz recorded a clean-cut 6-4, 6-2 victory over Roman Safiullin.

Alcaraz, who is looking to become the youngest Olympic Gold medal winner in tennis, will next face No. 9 seed Tommy Paul for a semifinal birth.

Paul broke the hearts of local fans after dispatching Frenchman Corentin Moutet 7-6(6), 6-3.

Other winners on the day saw inform Italian Lorenzo Musetti oust No. 7 seed Taylor Fritz 6-4, 7-5.

Schmiedlova Defeats Wimbledon Champion

Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova shocked reigning Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, defeating the No. 9 seed 6-4, 6-2.

Needing one hour and 29 minutes to advance, Schmiedlova hit 16 winner and broke serve on two occasions.

The Slovakian will next face No. 12 seed Marta Kostyuk or No. 13 seed Donna Vekic for a place in the finals.

Still to come Wednesday, top seed Iga Swiatek will face No. 8 seed Danielle Collins and No. 6 seed Qinwen Zheng takes on Angelique Kerber.

Kerber will be playing in the final event of her career in Paris.

Rublev Marches on in Washington

Top seed Andrey Rublev won his second round match in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, defeating Luca Van Assche 4-6 6-3 6-4.

Rublev, who has struggled to find his form as of late, hit 15 aces, won 83 percent of his first serve points and broke serve on two occasions.

The Russian will next face Arthur Rinderknech.

The Frenchman advanced when Juncheng Shang retired up 3-2 in the first set.

Other results on the day included No. 8 seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, No. 9 seed Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, No. 10 seed Flavio Cobolli, No. 15 seed Alex Michelsen, Seongchan Hong, Aleksandar Kovacevic and Thanasi Kokkinakis all advancing.

On the women’s side, Emma Raducanu and Amanda Anisamova both reached the quarterfinals.

Top seed Aryna Sabalenka takes on Kamilla Rakhimova in the night session.

As always, check back for daily updates on TennisConnected for all your previews and reviews from this week on Tour.

Stream all the action live this week from the Olympic Tennis event right here.