Norwegian Casper Ruud, seeded fourth in the French International Tennis Championships at Roland Garros last year, reached the round of 16 in a four-set men’s singles match, while Jelena Rybakina, who was considered one of the best competitors in the women’s tournament, withdrew. From the tournament on Saturday due to a viral disease.
| Casper Rudd can be happy, as he has reached the next round in four sets (Picture: AFP) |
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Norwegian fourth Casper Road The Chinese lost the first set 6: 4 Xiang Qi Chen against Roland Garros in the third round of the men’s singles, but then his form improved, he came back in a relatively short time and took a four-game lead.
The second set brought three breaks, the Norwegian broke the opponent’s serve twice, and the Chinese, who appeared in the main draw of Roland Garros for the first time, once, so Ruud equalized 6: 4. However, Ruud won the next match very easily, in less than half an hour , 6: 1, and lost only five points as a server. In the fourth game, the Norwegian managed to break the pace at 2: 2 and this was eventually enough to win the set and, accordingly, the match with a score of 6: 4.
22nd seed Alexander Zverev played a big match against 12th seed Frances Tiafoe, and the German eventually beat the American in four sets.
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The unfortunate news for Saturday’s women’s tournament is that the fourth seed is Kazakhstan Jelena Rybakina Who is spanish Sarah Sorribes with Tormo He was going to meet in the third round, he withdrew from the tournament because he had been feeling unwell for the past two days.
“I tried everything during the warm-up, but I feel like I made the right decision to step back – said Rybakina. – I wanted to give 100 percent, but I’m far from it. If I can’t breathe, I don’t have a chance to run and compete.”
The 23-year-old tennis player won Wimbledon last year and came to Roland Garros this year by winning one of the most important preliminary tournaments in Rome.
The afternoon program did not bring many surprises, however, Borna Coric’s farewell could surprise the fans of the Croatian rival. She was considered the main competitor for the women’s singles, the world number one candies Marching towards the title defense, this time the Chinese Wang bid farewell and did not concede a single match to his opponent.
The big disappointment in the evening’s matches was caused by ninth seed Fritz, who lost in four sets to Argentine Serondolo. There were no more surprises in the women’s competition, and favorites Onsz Dzabbúr and Beatriz Haddad Maia made it into the top 16.
Roland Garros, Paris (49,600,000 euros, slag)
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Third round (to reach the round of 16)
Ruud (Norwegian, 4)– Zhang Zhichen (China) 4:6, 6:4, 6:1, 6:4
Jari (Chile)– Jeron (American) 6:2, 6:3, 6:7 (7-9), 6:3
Echeverry (Argentina)– Coric (Croat, 15) 6:3, 7:6 (7-5), 6:2
Niseoka (Japan, 27.)– Wild (Brazil) 3:6, 7:6 (10-8), 2:6, 6:4, 6:0
Ron (Norwegian, 6)– Olivieri (Argentina) 6:4, 6:1, 6:3
Sirondolo (Argentina, 23)– Fritz (American, 9) 3:6, 6:3, 6:4, 7:5
Dimitrov (Bulgarian, 28)– Altmaier (Germany) 6:4, 6:3, 6:1
Zverev (German, 22)– Tiafoe (American, 12th) 3:6, 7:6 (7-3), 6:1, 7:6 (7-5)
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Third round (to reach the round of 16)
Hollow (American, 6) –Andreeva (RUSSIA) 6: 7 (5-7), 6: 1, 6: 1
Sorribes Torino (Spanish) –Rybakina (Kazakhstan, 4) gave up the match
Swiatek (Polish, 1) –Wang (China) 6: 0, 6: 0
Schmidlova (Slovakian)– Day (American) 6:1, 6:3
Haddad Maya (Brazil, 14th place)– Alexandrova (Russian, 23) 5:7, 6:4, 7:5
Pera (American)– Cocciaretto (Italian) 6:4, 7:6 (7-2)
Korenko (Ukrainian)Andreescu (Canadian) 6:1, 6:1
Jabbour (Tunisian, 7)– Danilovic (Serbia) 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
