Roland Garros has imposed a $65,000 fine on Paraguayan Adolfo Daniel Vallejo after comments he made about the chair umpire following his second-round match.

The 22-year-old, ranked 71st, lost a nearly five-hour, five-set match to 17-year-old Frenchman Moise Kouame. Vallejo led 5-2 in the fifth set before the contest was decided in a tiebreaker. After the match he criticized Brazil’s Ana Carvalho, saying she was not strong enough to handle the partisan crowd and that such a match “has to be refereed by a man.”

“It’s a very demanding crowd and you need a lot of strength to go against the crowd,” he told Spanish-language outlet Clay. “The crowd was very out of line, but I understand they’re supporting their compatriot. It’s quite an intense crowd and that’s why I was prepared; I already knew it would be like that and, to be honest, it didn’t harm me, but rather strengthened him.”

Roland Garros and the French Tennis Federation called the remarks “unacceptable” and said Vallejo would receive a “significant sanction.” “The competence of an umpire is not determined by their gender, but by their professionalism and ability to officiate at the highest level,” the statement read. “The outcome of a sporting event, whether positive or negative, can never justify or excuse such remarks.”

Tournament director Amelie Mauresmo told reporters the fine was “representing roughly half of his prize money.” Organizers noted that players reaching the second round at the French Open receive 130,000 euros ($151,000) and later clarified that the fine was $65,000, not euros. “This is clearly unacceptable,” Mauresmo said. “Once again, such remarks have no place here.”

Vallejo subsequently said his comments had been misrepresented and issued an apology on social media. “my comments were not meant in the way they have been understood.” “I have respect for the umpire and for the job they do, after a [five-hour] battle I was very heated and with a lot of emotions, I apologize,” Vallejo wrote on Instagram late on Friday. “I also want to clarify that I didn’t blame the lost [sic] on her, she did a good job throughout the whole match.”

Flavio Cobolli survived a tense finish to his fourth-round match, holding off a spirited rally from Zachary Svajda to reach the Roland Garros Round of 16.

Cobolli moved ahead 5-1 in the fourth set with hopes of finishing in under three hours, but Svajda fought back to win five consecutive games. The No. 10 seed was broken twice while serving for the match and missed a match point at 5-4. Cobolli dropped a mini break at 5-4 in the tiebreak but steadied to close out the victory and avoid a deciding set.

Speaking on Court Philippe Chatrier after the match, Cobolli did not hide how close the moment came to slipping away. “The only thing that I understood today is that the match is never done. I almost sh\ my pants,” he told the Court Philippe Chatrier crowd. “Now I’m happy but I’m still nervous. I have to recover a bit now.”

In the press, he reflected on how pressure affects his game. “I think when the match is almost done, you start to think of it, and that’s the problem with my character, because I don’t like to think a bit. I just want to play my best tennis possible. But if I think, especially if I’m nervous, I start to play a different tennis, and of course the Chatrier is not easy for everyone. So I think also the court was tough.”

Asked about the celebration on court that followed, Cobolli said, “I think they deserve to win the Champions League,” in reference to the ceremony he returned to Chatrier to attend.

The 24-year-old reached the third Saturday at a major for the second time, matching his best Grand Slam run after a quarterfinal appearance at Wimbledon last summer. He is the only man to reach the round of 16 without dropping a set this fortnight. Cobolli has 13 wins in this season’s European clay swing, including victories over Alexander Zverev in Munich and a Top 10 win over Daniil Medvedev en route to a Madrid quarterfinal.

Cobolli will next face the winner of fourth-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime and Alejandro Tabilo. Two countrymen, Matteo Berrettini and Matteo Arnaldi, were due on court later Monday.

Joao Fonseca converted the momentum from his comeback over Novak Djokovic into another breakthrough at Roland Garros, reaching his first Grand Slam quarterfinal with a four-set victory over Casper Ruud. The 19-year-old, seeded 28th, defeated the two-time finalist 7-5, 7-6 (8), 5-7, 6-2 in a match that lasted three hours and 55 minutes.

Fonseca faced a critical moment in the second-set tiebreak, saving three set points. The most controversial point came at 8-7 when chair umpire Louise Engzell ruled that Fonseca’s forehand had caught the line after a spectator shouted “out!” just before Ruud misplayed the ball. Broadcast replays showed that electronic line calling (ELC) disagreed with Engzell. The other three Grand Slam events, as well as tour-level tournaments, use the technology in favor of human linespeople. Ruud didn’t appear to argue once the decision was made.

In the final set Fonseca moved quickly to a 5-1 lead before closing out the Norwegian at 12:27 a.m. Monday. He is the first Brazilian man to reach the French Open quarterfinals since Gustavo Kuerten in 2004. The three-time champion watched from a front-row seat and cheered throughout the match.

Fonseca acknowledged the pressure that followed his earlier win and said he focused on maintaining intensity point to point. “I knew the win against Djokovic was gonna put a lot of hype and a lot of imagination that I could be satisfied or whatever. I just tried to enter today very focused,” he said afterward. “Tried to breathe a lot and put intensity on every point. Played good, the way that I went. Offensive, went for the shots, so I’m very happy.”

He also reflected on Kuerten’s presence in the crowd during his on-court interview with Mats Wilander. “An idol for our sport and for our country. For his career, he is known for the way that he is and how humble he is,” Fonseca said. “He was here for my first time at Roland Garros, my first match as a junior, and it’s a pleasure to have him here. It’s a pleasure to win against a very tough opponent in front of him, so I’m just very happy.”

Fonseca is one of two 19-year-olds through to the last eight, along with Rafael Jodar.