2023-06-04 21:26:53
The first tickets for the quarter-finals of Roland-Garros were distributed on Sunday, and the favorites of the men’s table did not fail to take theirs.
While several seeded players in the lower part of the men’s table have already been dropped, such as Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev or Jannik Sinner, the favorites in the upper part hold their rank at Roland-Garros. Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and Stefanos Tsitsipas qualified for the quarter-finals on Sunday June 4. Among the women, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Elina Svitolina, who benefit from a protected ranking after a long absence, will be among the last eight players in the running, as will world number 2, Aryna Sabalenka.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Elina Svitolina in quarter-finals for their return
Finalist at Roland-Garros in 2021, then falling beyond 300th place in the world after a serious knee injury, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova signs a thunderous return to Porte d’Auteuil. Trailing 6-3, 3-1, they saved seven balls from 4-1 before reversing the dynamic and winning 3-6, 7-6 [7-3]6-3 against Belgian Elise Mertens, seeded number 28. The Russian, who benefited from a protected classification to line up at Roland-Garros, qualifies for her first quarter-final of a Grand Slam since the one she had played in Paris in 2021.
Later in the afternoon, Elina Svitolina, former world number three, now 192nd in the world after giving birth to a baby girl, in turn validated her ticket for the quarter-finals of Roland-Garros, for the fourth time. of her career. Encouraged by the public and by her husband, Gaël Monfils, she dominated the seeded number 9, Daria Kasatkina (6-4, 7-6 [7-5]). “Now I can feel what Gaël has felt for years”she rejoiced, thanking the spectators, at the end of the meeting.
Aryna Sabalenka confirms her status
In the next round, Elina Svitolina will face Aryna Sabalenka, world number 2, who qualified against Sloane Stephens in the evening (7-6, 6-4). The Belarusian was still jostled by the American and committed many unforced errors (40). While she had never passed the 3rd round at Roland-Garros, Sabalenka will now discover the quarter-finals, in a match which promises to be tense against the Ukrainian player, while the Belarusian is accused of not take a stand against the war in Ukraine. She also refused, for the second time to appear at a press conference after her match, so as not to have to answer questions on the subject.
Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and Stefanos Tsitsipas don’t last long on the courts
They leave only crumbs to their opponents. The favorites for the final victory held their rank on Sunday, spending as little time as possible on the courts. Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz won by the same score (6-3, 6-2, 6-2) respectively against Juan Pablo Varillas (in 1h57) and Lorenzo Musetti (in 2h08). If the adversity promised to be less important for the Serb, against the Peruvian who was playing his first round of 16 in a Grand Slam tournament, Carlos Alcaraz passed a real test against the Italian, seeded number 17. But the meeting quickly turned into a recital of the world number 1, which confirms the great expectations placed on him (6-3, 6-2, 6-2).
To conclude the day on the Suzanne-Lenglen court, Stefanos Tsitsipas was even more expeditious than his competitors, with a victory in 1h48 against the Austrian Sebastien Ofner, from the qualifications (7-5, 6-3, 6-0) .
A mixed start to the junior tournament for the French
While the last two titles in boys’ singles were won by the French (Luca Van Assche and Gabriel Debru), the new junior campaign did not start ideally for the young Tricolores. Out of six entered, only Arthur Gea and Andrea M’chich emerged victorious from their encounter. The first, seeded number 16, dominated the Belgian Emilien Demanet (7-6 [7-5]6-4) and the second won against Poland’s Tomasz Berkieta (7-5, 6-4).
On the girls’ side, three of the seven entries of the day qualified for the second round: Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah eliminated the seed number 10 Nina Vargova (6-2, 3-6, 6-4), Jenny Lim is victorious exit from her duel against the Serbian Mia Ristic (2-6, 7-6 [7-1]6-2) and Astrid Lew Yan Foon defeated American Ariana Anazagasty-Pursoo (7-5, 5-7, 6-1)
In the other tables of this Roland-Garros, the last French pair engaged in men’s doubles, Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul, was eliminated by the German pair composed of Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz, seeded 11 (6-4, 7 -6 [7-4]). In women’s doubles, Kristina Mladenovic and her Chinese teammate Shuai Zang (seeded 9) lost to the Chinese-Taiwanese pair Xinyu Wang – Su-Wei Hsieh (6-1, 6-4). Then in mixed doubles, the duel between Franco-Taiwanese pairs was won by Fabrice Martin and Hao-Ching Chan against Nicolas Mahut and Su-Wei Hsieh (6-4, 3-6, 1-0 [10-6]). Apart from Fabrice Martin, only the duo Alizé Cornet-Diane Parry remains, who will play the 3rd round of the women’s doubles.
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