Two French people tried to advance to the next round this Friday at Roland-Garros. Opposed to the Austrian Sebastian Ofner, the volcanic Corentin Moutetalready winner of Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko, won his ticket to the round of 16.
On the other hand, Chloe Paquet, who played a third round in a Grand Slam for the first time, was unable to do anything against the Czech Marketa Vondrousova (6th in the world) who dominated her 6-1, 6-3, but the Frenchwoman opened up perspectives. “It remains a very good tournament for me. I was eliminated in the third round, but it is the first time that I have reached it. I have many other objectives after this tournament. I hope once again to reach this top 100 in the world. I hope it will be this year. Why not also enter the US Open table Thanks to this result (at Roland Garros), I hope that it will. there will be good things to come”, declared the player whose best ranking is 101st place reached in April 2022.
The Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, 3rd in the world, concluded the day by qualifying against the American Sebastian Korda during the night session on the Philippe-Chatrier.
World No.1 and double title holder Iga Swiatek also easily qualified for the round of 16 by beating Czech Marie Bouzkova (6-4, 6-2). For her birthday – she turned 23 – the Pole did not give any gifts to her opponent, 42nd in the world and who was playing in the 3rd round of the Paris tournament for the first time in her career in singles.
The main matches and results of the 6th day:
. Court Philippe-Chatrier
Coco Gauff (USA/N.3) beats Dayana Yastremska (UKR/N.30) 6-2, 6-4
Jannik Sinner (ITA/N.2) beats Pavel Kotov (RUS) 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
Iga Swiatek (POL/N.1) beats Marie Bouzková (CZE) 6-4, 6-2
Carlos Alcaraz (ESP/N.3) beats Sebastian Korda (USA/N.27) 6-4, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3
. Short Suzanne-Lenglen
Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) beats Liudmila Samsonova (RUS/N.17) 7-6 (7/4), 6-2
Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) beats Andrey Rublev (RUS/N.6) 7-6 (8/6), 6-2, 6-4
Ons Jabeur (TUN/N.8) beats Leylah Fernandez (CAN/N.31) 6-4, 7-6 (7/5)
Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE/N.9) beats Zhang Zhizhen (CHN) 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
. Court Simonne-Mathieu
Olga Danilovic (SRB) beats Donna Vekic (CRO) 0-6, 7-5, 7-6 (10/8)
Markéta Vondrousová (CZE/N.5) beats Chloe Paquet (FRA) 6-1, 6-3
Hubert Hurkacz (POL/N.8) – Denis Shapovalov (CAN)
Corentin Moutet (FRA) defeats Sebastian Ofner (AUT) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-1
. Short 14
Anastasia Potapova (RUS) defeats Wang Xinyu (CHN) 7-5, 6-7 (6/8), 6-4
Zizou Bergs (BEL) – Grigor Dimitrov (BUL/N.10)
Ben Shelton (USA/N.15) – Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN/N.21)
. Short 7
Clara Tauson (DEN) defeats Sofia Kenin (USA) 6-2, 7-5
