World No. 1 Iga Swiatek continued her relentless march to a fourth French Open title with a 6-0, 6-0 demolition of former junior rival Anastasia Potapova in 40 minutes to reach the quarter finals at Roland Garros on Sunday.

Potapova was in uncharted territory, playing in the second week of a grand slam for the first time in her career, and Swiatek took full control of the play, giving the Russian no time to breathe between a flurry of points as she registered a double bagel.

Such was the top seed’s domination that Potapova won only 10 points in the encounter as Swiatek extended her win-streak on clay to 16 with the quickest match of her career.

The pair had met before at junior level where Potapova had come out on top in what Swiatek described as “heartbreaking matches” but in their first meeting as professionals, the Russian was truly outclassed.

“I’m just proud of myself and the work that I’ve put to be in this place. Everything changed because I’m just older and I play better.”

Potapova attacked Swiatek’s serve on the odd occasion to claim a couple of winners, earning some warm applause from a crowd eager to see a contest.

But Swiatek’s near-perfect performance from the baseline and at the net left the Russian with no answers as the top seed wrapped up the first set in 19 minutes.

Swiatek eventually put Potapova out of her misery with her sixth break of serve and the crestfallen Russian made a hasty exit from the court.

Swiatek will next face Marketa Vondrousova in the quarter-finals after the fifth seed dispatched Serbian qualifier Olga Danilovic 6-4 6-2.

Quick work

American world No. 3 Coco Gauff was far too strong for Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto, sealing a 6-1, 6-2 win to reach the quarter finals.

The match began at a frenetic pace, with the 45th-ranked Cocciaretto winning only two points in the first four games on unforced errors by Gauff.

Cocciaretto regained some confidence at the end of the first set with longer rallies and a few winning shots but Gauff kept the upper hand, losing only one game.

Gauff suffered a small slump early in the second set, losing her first service game and allowing the Italian to respond. Cocciaretto managed to win one of her service games but that was not enough to beat Gauff who finished the match in exactly one hour.

Gauff will next play Ons Jabeur who continued her quest to win an elusive maiden grand slam by taking out Danish giant-killer Clara Tauson 6-4, 6-4.

Alcaraz vs Tsitsipas

Carlos Alcaraz charged into the French Open quarter finals for a third straight year after the twice grand slam champion thrashed 21st seed Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 6-3, 6-1.

After an exchange of breaks early in the contest, the third- seeded Alcaraz wasted several chances to punish Auger-Aliassime’s serve but the 21-year-old finally got his reward with a sliding volley for a 5-3 lead and held his nerve to win the next game.

The semi-finalist of last year showcased his skills at the net again to save a break point at 1-2 in the second set and got back level after a nine-minute game, before unleashing a huge backhand down the line to grab the lead in the next game.

Auger-Aliassime came out fighting following treatment for an injury, but Alcaraz recovered from 0-40 down to extend his lead, delighting fans with a flicked single-handed backhand winner from deep en route to a two-set advantage.

Still playing within himself after a recent arm injury, the world No. 3 raced to a 5-0 lead in the third set, closing out the match in style to book a last-eight clash with ninth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Greek ninth seed Tsitsipas lost the opening set but went on to defeat Italian Matteo Arnaldi 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-2, 6-2.

Tsitsipas keeps alive was put to the test early on by Arnaldi who had ousted sixth seed Andrey Rublev in the previous round.

Arnaldi began strongly, despite needing to save three break points in the opening game, and made the decisive break to lead 3-1 and comfortably saw out the first set, as Tsitsipas was unable to handle the Italian’s energy.

Tsitsipas looked in even more trouble in the second set when the Italian broke to lead 3-2, but Arnaldi then failed to take advantage when serving for the set. Tsitsipas broke and came out on top in the tiebreak to level the match.

The Greek took his renewed confidence into the third set and broke in the first game. Arnaldi began to struggle and Tsitsipas broke once more, and two further breaks in the fourth set put an end to the Italian’s challenge.

Tough victory

Second seeds Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden overcame fighting Brazilians Orlnado Luz and Marcelo Zormann 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 in two hours and seven minutes.

The second seeds raced to a 4-1 lead, riding on a double break but the Brazilians put up a great fight to reel off four straight games to make it 5-5 in the opening set.

From there on, the Indo-Australian combine found a way to break Luz with Bopanna firing his returns from the baseline and Ebden supporting him with well-timed volley winners. The Australian served out the set with ease. Zormann was broken in the opening game of the second set with Ebden and Zormann locking in a intense baseline rally in which the Brazilian erred on 30-40 to hand the advantage to the seeded team.

More drama followed, as now Bopanna was down 0-40. He saved the first two break chances with some accurate serving but Zormann blasted a winner on the third to make it even steven.

Ebden’s serve came under tremendous pressure in game four. The Australian finally held the serve with an overhead smash.