French wildcard Hugo Gaston, ranked 239 in the world, pulled off a major upset on Friday beating 2015 champion Stan Wawrinka in five sets. Gaston has now reached the last 16 of the French Open 2020.
The left-hander will face US Open champion and third-seed Dominic Thiem for a place in the quarter-finals. Gaston is the only home player still standing out of 18 who started in the men’s draw.
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The 20-year-old Gaston, who won the rain-interrupted tie 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-0, was the second player ranked outside the top 200 to reach the last 16 on Friday after number 213 Sebastian Korda downed Pedro Martinez.
Korda will next face Rafael Nadal if the 12-time champion gets past Italy’s Stefano Travaglia.