"Paris French Open Tennis: Tsitsipas, Sabalenka, and Pegula Advance to Third Round"

2023-05-31 19:30:00

Thursday Jun 1, 2023

Fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece and Arina Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula advanced to the third round of the Paris French Open tennis. Garcia knocked out fifth seed Carroll. Tsitsipas’ breakthrough came when he beat Spain’s Roberto Carbellas Bayena in straight sets (6–3, 7–6, 6–2). Tsitsipas’ opponent in the third round is Argentina’s Diego Shortzman. Swiss player Stan Wawrinka is out. Wawrinka lost to Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis in a tough fight (6–3, 5–7, 3–6, 7–6, 3–6). Italy’s Camille Giorgi retired after the first set against Pegula in the women’s. Pegula won the first set 6-2. Belgium’s Elise Mertens is the American’s opponent in the third round. Garcia was defeated by 56th-ranked Anna Blinkova (4-6, 6-3, 7-5). Daria Kasatkina, Elina Svitolina and Sloane Stephens also advanced. First seed Iga Shvatek reached the second round. In the first round, the 70th-ranked player defeated Spain’s Cristina Bucza in straight sets (6-4, 6-0). Read on deshabhimani.com