PARIS [France], Matteo Arnaldi on Friday recorded one of the biggest wins of his career at Roland Garros as he defeated sixth seed Andre Rublev in the third round of the ongoing French Open 2024. He responded to Rublev's aggressive game with powerful strikes of his own. , th Italian recorded his third top 10 win with a 7-6(8), 6-2, 6-4 victory and reached the fourth round. The 23-year-old miraculously saved a set point at 5/6 in the first set tie-break and then scored three games in a row, including an almost unbelievable angled forehand dig to seal the opening victory as Arnoldi fired 47 winners. Revenge for your blow. Rublev tied the ATP head2head series 1-1 in Vienna last year.The win lifted Arnoldi to a career-high No. 34 in the ATP Live Rankings, a significant improvement from 1 month ago when he entered the French Major as world No. 106. The 23-year-old player is in the fourth round. Slam for the second time (2023 UK Open) and he will face ninth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas or China's Zhan Zizhen. Rublev, the winner of this year's ATP Masters 1000 event in Madrid, is the highest-seeded player heading into the fall. “I was really nervous at the end because I was going to serve for the match for one of the biggest wins of my life. But I managed it really well… I was focused on myself and doing the right thing,” Arnoldi was quoted as saying by ATP.Earlier, Holger Rune avoided a second-round defeat at Roland Garros by defeating Italian Flavio Coboli despite a two-set lead. Two-time quarterfinalist Rune showed his fierce composure by winning 6-4, 6-3. Highlighted the competitive spirit. , 3-6, 3-6, 7-6(10-7) In front of an energetic Court 14, the Dane recovered from a 0/5 deficit in the deciding set tie-break, winning seven of the next eight points to win his last three. Hours, 50 minutes closer to victory