Tommy Paul is the primary American man in French Open quarterfinals since Andre Agassi in 2003

PARIS — Tommy Paul turned the primary American man within the French Open quarterfinals since Andre Agassi in 2003, beating Twenty fifth-seeded Alexei Popyrin of Australia 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 in lower than two hours Sunday.

The 28-year-old Paul, who’s seeded twelfth at Roland-Garros, was coming off consecutive five-set victories however breezed to this victory, helped by saving 9 of 10 break factors he confronted whereas changing all however one of many six he gathered.

Each Paul and Popyrin received junior singles titles on the purple clay in Paris, with the American’s coming a decade in the past.

Paul, who was a semifinalist on the Australian Open in 2023 on exhausting courts and a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon final 12 months on grass courts, is now the one energetic U.S. man to achieve the ultimate eight at Grand Slam tournaments on three surfaces.

There haven’t been a number of U.S. males within the French Open quarterfinals since 1996, when Jim Courier and Pete Sampras each made it that far. Agassi was the final from the nation within the males’s semifinals on the French Open when he received the championship in 1999 to finish a profession Grand Slam.

Later Sunday, No. 13 Ben Shelton and No. 15 Frances Tiafoe performed their fourth-round matches with an opportunity to affix Paul within the quarterfinals. Shelton’s opponent was defending champion Carlos Alcaraz of Spain, whereas Tiafoe confronted Daniel Altmaier of Germany.

5 American ladies reached the fourth spherical this 12 months, with No. 16 Amanda Anisimova taking up No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka on Sunday. Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula, Madison Keys and Hailey Baptiste are scheduled to play for quarterfinal berths on Monday.