Andreescu returns to the shadows, Swiatek mercilessly at Roland-Garros

The 22-year-old Ontarian was quickly disorganized in his first stalemate against a much tougher opponent on the clay courts of Roland Garros.

From the very beginning of the meeting, Andreescu opened the door for her rival. Leading 40-15 on her first serve line, she saw Tsurenko orchestrate a comeback that gave her an early break.

The same match was repeated in the fifth game, another break for Tsurenko who was already leading 4-1 thanks to his 55% points-for-service average. The result: In just 31 minutes, the Initial Wrap fits into its bag.

If the second round began with an exchange of pleasantries with a break from each side, Tsurenko soon resumed his irresistible forward run against which Andreescu remained unanswered, as evidenced by the six breaks that the Ukrainian made on numerous occasions.

At the end of the meeting ended after 62 minutes, Andreescu struggled to score runs on his first balls (38% – 11/29). She also only hit 6 game winning shots on 22 unforced errors and 3 double faults.

Bianca is a very tricky opponent, who is a Grand Slam winner. I was very focused before the game, and I’m glad I produced exactly what I wantedcommented the 34-year-old Ukrainian.

In his ninth appearance at Roland Garros, Tsurenko stepped up for the second time in the last 16 on clay in Paris, after 2018.

Losing is never fun, but losing this way is even worse, especially since I played really well in the previous two rounds. She had a great day hitting balls close to the lines. I couldn’t find my tags. She was constantly changing the pace of the game He was introduced to Andreescu for the first time in an interview with Radio-Canada Sports.

” My service was not as good as I would have hoped. There are many details that made the difference. There were a lot of close matches. I don’t think the final result does justice to a game that resulted in many draws. Sometimes I was up 40-0 and couldn’t finish the game. »

But Andreescu didn’t want to get discouraged by keeping hope of winning a major championship for his grandmother.

She added, with a long sigh, that I still retain some positives from this tournament. In tennis, all points count. I can’t say much more than that, except that we have to fight on every point. In some aspects, I know I did my best. I know very well how I can play, but I wasn’t at that level today concluded the player who has already committed to playing grass tournaments in ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands), Berlin and Bad Homburg (Germany) in preparation for Wimbledon.

Bianca Andreescu was eliminated in the third round at Roland Garros.

Photo: Radio Canada

The US Open champion in 2019, the Canadian has yet to reach the third round of one of the other three major tournaments.

So Andreescu will not leave Paris immediately as she still competes in the mixed doubles alongside her New Zealand partner Michael Venus.

In women’s doubles, Leila Annie Fernandez and Gabrielle Dombrowski have a date, but are against each other in a third-round clash. Fernandez plays alongside American Taylor Townsend, while Dombrowski plays Brazilian Luisa Stefani.

Earlier today, Swiatek also showed no mercy with China’s Wang Xinyu (80′), who swept 6-0, 6-0 in 51 minutes.

In each of her first two rounds, the Polish, who had just celebrated her 22nd birthday, was 6-0 over her opponents (Christina Buxa and Claire Liu). Wang Xinyu got two in the third round duel.

Iga Swiatek was imperial against Wang Xinyu.

PHOTO: REUTERS/KAI PFAFFENBACH

In total, the Chinese scored only 17 points throughout the match, hitting 22 unforced errors for only three winning points.

It was a very strong performance, I was really disciplined and managed everything in terms of tennis, I am very satisfiedappreciate Swiatek, who is planning a boat trip on the Seine at the end of two weeks in Paris.

A three-time Grand Slam winner must reach at least the quarter-finals to hope to remain world number one at the end of Roland Garros.

Finally, Tunisia’s Anas Jabeur (No. 7) gave a good scare before winning in three sets 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 ahead of Serbia’s Olga Danilovic, 105th in the world.

In the next round, Jabeur will face American Bernarda Pera, ranked 36. This defeated Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-4, 7-6 (7/2).

Sick, Elena Rybakina withdraws

Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina, fourth in the world and among the favorites for the 2023 edition of the Roland Garros Championship, withdrew on Saturday before her third-round match, citing that she was suffering from “fever and headache”.

I haven’t slept well the last two nights, I’ve had a fever and a headachesaid Rybakina following the announcement of his collection, at a press conference. It’s hard to perform, run and even breathe, so it was the only decision I could make.

Winner of Rome on clay last month and finalist at the Australian Open, his first major tournament of the year, the 23-year-old was among the favorites at Roland Garros.

She added that today I tried to warm up, but I think the right decision is to retire because it is very difficult to play in these conditions. I saw the doctors and they told me there is a virus in Paris right now. With my allergies, my immune system did not react well.

The player had won her first two matches on the Parisian coast without obstacles, against the Czech Brenda Frohvertova 6-4, 6-2, then Linda Noskova 6-3, 6-3.

But Rybakina started experiencing symptoms After his second match.

Elena Rybakina

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I’m so disappointed that I couldn’t playdid she say. This is life, and there are ups and downs. Today, I wanted to be 100% but clearly, I’m far from it. I have no luck. I now have to recover and do my best to be ready for the turf season.

The Kazakh, who was born in Moscow, is the defending champion at Wimbledon which this year takes place from July 3-16. His victory last year had upset the organizers, in a version where both Russian and Belarusian players were banned.

Her group at Roland Garros automatically qualifies Spaniard Sarah Sorribes (132) for the round of 16, where she will find the winner in the match between Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (23) and Brazilian Beatrice Haddad Maya (14).