Roland Garros—Paris, France
Saturday’s action at Roland Garros featured top seed Iga Swiatek easily advancing to the fourth round of the event, dismissing Wang Xinyu 6-0, 6-0.
Swiatek, who is the overwhelming favourite to win the title, will next face Bianca Andresscu or Lesia Tsurenko.
No. 4 seed and reigning Wimbledon winner Elena Rybakina was forced to withdraw from the event due to illness. Her opponent Sara Sorribes Tormo reached the round of 16 at a Major for the first time in her career.
Elsewhere, Coco Gauff advanced past 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-1, and No. 14 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia also made the fourth round with a tough 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 victory over Ekaterina Alexandrova.
On the en’s side No. 4 seed Casper Ruud, No. 6 seed Holger Rune and No. 27 seed Yoshihito Nishioka all made the fourth round. No. 15 seed Borna Coric was defeated by Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-2.
Later in the day No. 23 seed Francisco Cerundolo upset No. 9 seed Taylor Fritz 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. The final match of the day saw No. 22 seed Alexander Zverev dispatch No. 12 Frances Tiafoe 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-1, 7-6(5).
Sunday’s schedule of play in Paris will be highlighted by Carlos Alcaraz, Aryna Sabalenka and Novak Djokovic.
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Third-Round Results:
(4) Casper Ruud Defeats Zhizhen Zhang 46 64 61 64
(6) Holger Rune Defeats Genaro Alberto Olivieri 64 61 63
(22) Alexander Zverev Defeats (12) Frances Tiafoe 36 76(3) 61 76(5)
(23) Francisco Cerundolo Defeats (9) Taylor Fritz 36 63 64 75
Tomas Martin Etcheverry Defeats (15) Borna Coric 63 76(5) 62
(27) Yoshihito Nishioka Defeats Thiago Seyboth Wild 36 76(8) 26 64 60
(28) Grigor Dimitrov Defeats Daniel Altmaier 64 63 61
Nicolas Jarry Defeats Marcos Giron 62 63 67(7) 63
