Elina Svitolina, seed number three, the highest ranking she has played a Grand Slam with, qualified for the round of 16 at Roland Garros after winning the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova for 6-3 and 7-5 in 1h: 40. The Ukrainian had not protected her serve well in her first two games (she had 11 breaks against), but she only conceded one break, while she broke her rival's serve three times. She will face the French Caroline Garcia.
Swiatek stops Bouchard
The Paris adventure ended for Eugenie Bouchard in the third round, a height she had not reached in a major since 2017. The Canadian, who seemed to be in a position to reissue hits from the past, when she was top-10 and finalist at Wimbledon, met an opponent, the Polish Iga Swiatek, who is in ascending progression and was better than her: 6-3 and 6-2 in 1h: 14. He has only lost 13 games so far. The enormous difference between the winning shots of the victor, 30, and those of Bouchard, 8, says a lot about the aggressiveness and intention with which each was handled in the match. Swiatek will face Simona Halep, seeded number one, who dispatched Amanda Anisimova with more facilities than expected: 6-0 and 6-1 in 54 minutes, in one of the shortest matches in the women's team. The Romanian took revenge for the loss to the American last year in the quarterfinals in Paris and gave her no choice, despite the fact that Amanda had just lost four games in her first two games.
France believes in Garcia
Caroline Garcia continues to give hope of success to the French in her tournament, where they have not seen a champion or champion for many years. The last was Mary Pearce in 2000. The player born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye 26 years ago eliminated the 16th seed, the Belgian Elise Mertens, in an exciting duel that was decided in the third set, as the French took advantage of her sixth match ball: 1-6, 6-4 and 7-5 in 2:17. It is the third time that Caroline has reached the eighth in Paris (her best result in Slams is the quarter she reached in France in 2017) and she will face Elina Svitolina. Kiki Bertens (5th), who went through an ordeal, including cramps, to beat the Italian Errani in the second round, beat the Czech Katerina Siniakova by a double 6-2 in 58 minutes. The Dutch, who saved a match point on Wednesday, will face Italy's Martina Trevisan, from the qualifying round, who surprised Greek Maria Sakkari (20th), against whom she came back to win 1-6, 7-6 ( 6) and 6-3. Sakkari had two match points in the second set tiebreaker.
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