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Swiatek pleased to reach the third round at the French Open
Iga Swiatek served up a double bagel to thrash Wang Xinyu of China 6-0 6-0 as the French Open champion stayed on course to defend her title, while Coco Gauff fought off the challenge of 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva to reach the fourth round.
But Roland Garros lost one of its favourites to illness as Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina withdrew minutes before she was due to take to Philippe Chatrier to face Sara Sorribes Tormo, revealing she was struggling with a virus.
Casper Ruud and Holger Rune remain on a collision course for the quarter-finals after advancing to the fourth round. Ruud shook off an early scare to beat China’s Zhang Zhizhen 4-6 6-4 6-1 6-4 Rune cruised with a straight-sets win agains Argentine qualifier Genaro Alberto Olivieri.
Cameron Norrie’s campaign ended in disappointing fashion with a straight-sets loss to Lorenzo Musetti on Friday, while Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka continued to navigate off-court controversies at Roland Garros to advance to the fourth round.
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French Open 2023: Latest scores
Taylor Fritz was booed by the French crowd last time out but the home fans are getting behind the American now as he trails Francisco Cerundolo by two sets to one.
Bianca Andresscu has just lost the opening set to Lesia Tsurenko 6-1.
Jamie Braidwood3 June 2023 17:55
French Open highlights: Holger Rune 6-4, 6-1, 6-3 Genaro Olivieri
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Jamie Braidwood3 June 2023 16:48
French Open highlights: Iga Swiatek 6-0 6-0 Xinyu Wang
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Jamie Braidwood3 June 2023 16:22
French Open 2023
Iga Swiatek 6-0 6-0 Xinyu Wang
Swiatek: “For sure, I am happy. It was a very strong performance from me and I was happy I was disciplined and took care of everything.
“Every point is important for me and at the highest level every point matters. You always have to be kind of disciplined.
“I am going to use that skill later when I have tight matches.”
Jamie Braidwood3 June 2023 16:00
French Open 2023: Game, set and match!
Iga Swiatek 6-0 6-0 Xinyu Wang
DOUBLE BAGEL. Ruthless from Swiatek, who advances to the fourth round in just 51 minutes. Not a good day at the office for Wang, the world number 80, but that’s what we have come to expect from Swiatek. A crushing win.
Jamie Braidwood3 June 2023 15:25
French Open 2023: Game, set and match!
Coco Gauff 6-7 6-1 6-1 Mirra Andreeva
That’s an excellent turnaround from Coco Gauff, who ends Mirra Andreeva’s run at Roland Garros to return to the fourth round. The American was utterly dominant when her serve improved after losing the first-set tiebreak. Andreeva will be back - the Russian looks a special talent and played very well in the first hour of the match.
Gauff post-match: “Mirra, she’s super young and there’s a big future for her. I remember playing here at 16 and she has a lot to look forward to. And you guys will hopefully see ... many matches between the two of us.”
Jamie Braidwood3 June 2023 15:15
French Open 2023: Latest scores
BREAK! That could be huge. Gauff takes the double break against Andreeva and is closing in on the last-16. Gauff has been excellent since losing the first-set tiebreak.
Swiatek is halfway to a double-bagel against Wang ...
Jamie Braidwood3 June 2023 15:10
French Open 2023: Latest scores
Break! Gauff edges ahead in the decider as Andreeva picks the worst possible time for a double fault! Gauff battled hard to stay in the game and gets her reward. The American leads 2-1.
Meanwhile Iga Swiatek has ANOTHER bagel. The world No 1 takes the opening set 6-0 against Xinyu Wang in about 25 minutes.
Jamie Braidwood3 June 2023 14:57
French Open 2023: Latest scores
Set! Emphatic response from Coco Gauff - who served much better to race to a 6-1 second set. Now Mirra Andreeva needs to overturn the momentum as we head into a decider.
Jamie Braidwood3 June 2023 14:40
French Open: Rafael Nadal undergoes successful surgery
Rafael Nadal is expected to be out for five more months following surgery on his left hip.
The 22-time grand slam champion underwent the procedure on Friday evening at a clinic in Barcelona.
Nadal’s team issued an update on Saturday saying the arthroscopic procedure on his left psoas tendon went well, with the damaged areas cleaned and reinforced, while an old labrum injury was also addressed.
The Spaniard, who turned 37 on Saturday, suffered the injury at the Australian Open in January and had expected to only be out for six to eight weeks.
But repeated efforts to rehabilitate it did not work and last month Nadal announced he would miss the French Open for the first time since 2004.
Jamie Braidwood3 June 2023 14:35