German player Daniel Altmaier is proving to be a force that's difficult to stop. He came through the qualifying tournament to reach the French Open main draw.
The 22-year-old has now upset seventh-seeded Matteo Berrettini to storm into the fourth round with a 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-4 win on Saturday.
The 186th-ranked Altmaier joins two other Roland Garros debutants -- Sebastian Korda and Jannik Sinner -- in the fourth round. That many men haven't gone that far in their debuts at Roland Garros since four made the last 16 in 1994.
Altmaier has struggled with injuries in the past but has yet to drop a set. He has won all three tiebreaks he has faced in his Grand Slam debut. He dropped only one set in his three qualifying matches.
Korda, the son of 1998 Australian Open champion Petr Korda, like Altmaier also took the long route through qualifying. Altmaier was just months old and 20-year-old Korda wasn't even born when Roland Garros last saw multiple men advance from qualifying into Round 4 in 1998.
The women's draw also has two qualifiers in the fourth round, both also shining in their Roland Garros debuts: Nadia Podoroska and Martina Trevisan.
His fourth-round opponent will be Pablo Carreno Busta, seeded 17th. He beat fellow Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, seeded 10th, 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 on Saturday.
He will be the third seeded player that Altmaier has faced. Altmaier beat No. 30 Jan-Lennard Struff in Round 2.
Andrey Rublev also advanced to the fourth round, posting a 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 win over unseeded South African Kevin Anderson.
The 34-year-old Anderson still hopes to win a Grand Slam title, having lost finals to Rafael Nadal at the US Open in 2017 and Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon in 2018.
But the 118th-ranked veteran proved to be easy pickings for the No. 13 seed Rublev on Court Simonne Mathieu. He failed to earn a single break point against the 22-year-old Russian.
Rublev lost in the first round in his only previous appearance at Roland Garros in 2017. He was a quarterfinalist at the US Open this year and in 2017.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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