Petra Kvitová advanced to the 3rd round at the French Open in Paris.
Gonzalo Fuentes, Reuters
–
Kvitová led Simonne Mathieu quickly 5: 1 over Paolini, but in the end she finished the first set only in the third set to 6: 3. In the second set, she did not confirm the break twice, but by the third she had already succeeded. Her next opponent will be either Slovenian Polona Hercogová or Canadian Leylah Fernandezová.
The second-placed Karolína Plíšková was eliminated for the second time in a row at the grand slam in the second round. After the recent US Open, she soon said goodbye to the clay Roland Garros. In New York, Plíšková was number one in the tournament and Caroline Garcia from France was not enough in the second round. In the second round of the grand slam, she dropped twice in a row for the last time five years ago – in Paris and Wimbledon.
Karolína Plíšková ends at this year’s French Open in the 2nd round.
Christian Hartmann, Reuters
From the beginning, Plíšková looked without energy and in slow motion under the cloudy roof of Philipp Chatrier’s court. She lost the very first serve in the match after mistakes due to pure play and she suffered all the time during the service, which she lost a total of five times. The winner Roland Garros from 2017 Ostapenková used shorter shots by the Czech Republic, who shot 27: 9 at the winning shots in a 69-minute duel.
“I had energy, but it was not known in the exchanges. The movement may have been the only good one, but that is not enough for my tennis style,” Plíšková told reporters. “I can’t take her for playing well, but it wasn’t close to me for what I wanted and should play. I can’t play like that. I might beat someone, but not a solid player like her.”
Kristýna Plíšková is waiting for tournament eleven Garbiňa Muguruzaová from Spain. Jiří Veselý is not enough for the Russian Karen Chačanov yet: with the fifteenth seed he lost the first set 1: 6 and in the second he lost 2: 5 and had his hand treated twice, yet he turned the development around and won the set in a tie break with a ratio of 7: 4.
–
Jiří Veselý in the 2nd round match at Roland Garros.
Charles Platiau, Reuters
Barbora Krejčíková, who eliminated compatriot Barbora Strýcová, and Kateřina Siniaková secured a place in the third round on Wednesday.
| French Open tennis slam tournament (clay, subsidy 38 million euros): |
| Women: |
| Singles – Round 2 |
| Kvitová (7-CR) – Paoliniová (It.) 6: 3, 6: 3 |
| Karolina Pliskova (2-CR) – Ostapenkova (LVA) 4: 6, 2: 6 |
| Cheerful (CZE) – Khachanov (15-Rus.) 1: 6, 7: 6 (7: 4), 3rd set is played |
| cca 14:15, Kristýna Plíšková (CZE) – Muguruzaová (11-Šp.) |
| Doubles – Round 1: |
| Uncle, Sie Shu-wei (1-CZ / Taiwan) – Sanchez, Sharma (USA / Austr.) 6: 1, 6: 4 |
| Aoyama, Shibahara (7-JPN) – Voracova, Peraová (CZE / USA) 6: 0, 6: 1. |
– .
