A red-hot Marin Cilic of Croatia powered into the French Open quarter-finals with a 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 victory over World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev on Court Phillippe Chatrier on Monday, leaving the Russian’s hopes of becoming World No. 1 at the end of the clay-court major in tatters. Cilic will face another Russian, Andrey Rublev, for a place in the semi-finals.

“It was an absolutely fantastic match from the first point to the last,” Cilic was quoted as saying by atptour.com. “I enjoyed the atmosphere, enjoyed the night session here. I played incredible tennis—one of the best matches of my career from start to finish.”