Roland Garros, Swiatek risks then victory number 31 arrives

There is only one of the top 10 seeds in the round of 16 on the Roland Garros women’s draw, something that has never happened in history. The only one left is the very favorite Iga Swiatek, even if today she showed some tenuous “signs of weakness”, so to speak, losing more than six games in an entire match after a long time. Otto, even, in his 6-3 7-5 against Montenegrin Danka Kovinic. More than the opponent, however very good in this tournament, what can certainly not be defined as a wake-up call is due to the empty passes when she was in absolute control of the match. The Pole went into confusion at 4-2 40-0 in the first set, then at 4-1 30-15 in the second when she had even two breaks ahead, but careless mistakes, not from her, allowed the spectators to basically seeing something vaguely struggled.

And there are thirty-one

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The number one in the world, at the thirty-first consecutive victory, pushed too hard which, strangely, betrayed her, but more than anything else she seemed in the mood for experiments, perhaps for more competitive opponents. If there are any, for her. Maybe (working a bit of imagination) it could be the Chinese Qinwen Zheng, born in 2003, a very, very interesting young man. One of her, so to speak, who at the first WTA tournament played by her in her life, in Melbourne, she reached the semifinals losing only to Simona Halep. Zheng is now in the round of 16, after beating French Cornet 6-0 3-0 (retirement), who basically wasn’t on the pitch after a hip problem, but the Chinese certainly showed what she is made of. : if it can better calibrate its (inevitable) ups and downs, something interesting could come out of it. The black day for the French continued with the end of the tale of Jeanjean, the “criminologist” capable of beating Pliskova: for her, nothing to do against Begu (who escaped the racket throw in the stands in the previous round).

Pegula ok

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Next also Jessica Pegula and Veronika Kudermetova. The American, 11th seeded, won over the Slovenian Tamara Zidansek 6-1 7-6 (2), while the Russian (29), after winning the first set 6-3, benefited from the retirement of the Spanish Paula Badosa , she too was physically suffering for some time and never really inside the tournament.