Despite losing his first set of the fortnight, No. 2 seed Sinner defeated unseeded Corentin Moutet 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals at Roland-Garros for the first time. Since the start of their 2020 tournament.

Troubled by the Frenchman who bamboozled the first nine games, Sinner still found his footing on the clay court to win in two hours and 41 minutes.

Moutet, who missed two chances to complete a rare bagel against Sinner at 5–0, 40/15, led the opening set and the break at 6–2, 1–0, at which point Sinner's comeback began.

The Australian Open champion ultimately proved too consistent from the baseline for Moutet in the third and fourth sets. Sinner seemed unfazed by the rousing atmosphere created by the home fans and cruised to victory in his quarterfinal clash with Grigor Dimitrov.

The Italian's final stat line included 40 winners and 31 unforced errors – but in sets two to four, he cleaned things up considerably. In the sets won, he scored a total of 31 winners and only 17 unforced errors.

With the win, Sinner is now 11-0 in Grand Slam matches this year, as well as 22-0 against players outside the top 20.