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Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune are two teenagers who have made it to the French Open quarterfinals. Their run to the last eight marks the first time since the 1994 French Open that two teenagers have made the quarterfinals of a Slam.
A video from 2017 of the duo playing doubles together in Les Petits As recently surfaced on social media. The two players have come a long way since the famed tournament in 2017.
Les Petits As is a junior tournament held in Tarbes, France. It's run by the ITF and has a number of title sponsors like Lacoste and Head. Many of the tournament's past winners have gone on to win Grand Slams, notably Rafael Nadal, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Michael Chang, Martina Hingis and Bianca Andreescu among a few others. The tournament is held in the last week of January.
The Spaniard entered the French Open as one of the favorites to lift the title alongside Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. Incidentally, he beat the duo back-to-back at the Madrid Open and became the only player to achieve this feat at a clay tournament.
Holger Rune also had a good claycourt season coming into Roland Garros, winning his maiden title in Munich and reaching the semifinals in Lyon.
Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune's French Open campaigns thus far
Carlos Alcaraz won his first-round match against Juan Ignacio Londero 6-4, 6-2, 6-0. Alcaraz had to battle through a five-set match in the second round against fellow Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas. He won the match 6-1, 6-7(7), 5-7, 7-6(2), 6-4 and saved a match point on Ramos-Vinolas' serve in the fourth set.
Carlos Alcaraz sailed to the fourth round by defeating Sebastian Korda 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. The fourth round was also straightforward for the teenager, beating Karen Khachanov 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.
Holger Rune is having a good French Open as well. He started his maiden campaign with a three-set victory over Denis Shapovalov in the first round.
Rune beat Henri Laaksonen in the second round 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 and Hugo Gaston in the third round 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
The teenager then stunned fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 and faces Casper Ruud in the last eight, while Alcaraz faces Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinals.
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