2023-06-01 16:51:41
Defending champion Iga Swiatek advanced to the third round of the French Open on Thursday with an unchallenged two-set win over the American Claire Liu. The tennis world number one from Poland only had a weak phase in the 6: 4, 6: 0 success in the first set when Liu went from 0: 3 to 3: 3.
“I’m happy that I was able to improve my level in the second set,” said Swiatek, who has been 22 since Wednesday and has won the Suzanne Lenglen Cup three times in the past four years. Jelena Rybakina also made it to the top with certainty. The fourth-seeded Kazakh defeated Czech Linda Noskova (CZE) 6-3, 6-3.
In the men’s competition, the number eight said goodbye. The Italian Jannik Sinner missed two match points against the German Daniel Altmaier in the fourth set and after 5:26 hours lost the longest game of the tournament with 7:6(0),6:7(7),6:1,6:7 (4),5:7. Furthermore, the Norwegian Casper Ruud (No. 4) is in four sets against the Italian Giulio Zeppieri and the Dane Holger Rune (6) without a fight against the Frenchman Gael Monfils.
Argentinian Pedro Cachin, who eliminated Dominik Thiem in the first round, had to concede to number 15 seeded Croatian Borna Coric after a 2-1 set lead 3:6.6:4.6:4.3:6.4: give 6 beaten.
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