Roland-Garros 2023: what to remember from the sixth day of the tournament


A surprise to start the third round of singles matches at Roland-Garros, a tournament for which Europe 1 is the official radio station. The American Jessica Pegula, third player in the world, was taken out by the Belgian Elise Mertens, seeded 28, in two small sets on the center court Philippe-Chatrier (6-1, 6-3). On the men’s singles side, it goes for Novak Djokovic, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Carlos Alcaraz.

The main information:

– Beginning of the matches of the third round of Roland-Garros

– Jessica Pegula, seed 3, eliminated by the Belgian Elise Mertens

– Novak Djokovic qualified against Alejandro Davodich Fokina

– Stefanos Tsitsipas qualified for the round of 16

– Carlos Alcaraz largely dominated Denis Shapovalov in three sets and qualified for the round of 16

Carlos Alcaraz took place against Denis Shapovalov

The Spanish phenomenon Carlos Alcaraz gave Canadian Denis Shapovalov, seeded 26, no chance in a night session on center court (6-1, 6-4, 6-2).

Stefanos Tsitsipas qualifies without forcing

Stefanos Tsitsipas, 5th in the world, qualified Friday without shaking for the 1/8 finals of Roland-Garros by dismissing the Argentinian Diego Schwartzman (95th) 6-2, 6-2, 6-3. “It was not easy at all. It was even by far the most difficult match since the start in terms of concentration. Diego did not give me any points for free and I had to remain patient”, assured the 24 year old Greek.

During the match, he notably scored a winning shot from the baseline with his magnificent one-handed backhand by passing the ball outside the net post, a little below the band of the net.

It’s over for Fognini!

The Italian Fabio Fognini (130th) beaten by the Austrian Sebastian Ofner in five sets (7-5, 3-6, 5-7, 6-1, 4-6) takes the door. Fabio Fognini sees his Roland-Garros 2023 adventure come to an end this afternoon, having eliminated Felix Auger-Aliassime and Jason Kubler in the previous rounds. Sebastian Ofner (118th) knows his best performance on the ATP circuit by qualifying for the round of 16 of this Roland-Garros 2023 where he will face the winner of the match between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Diego Schwartzman.

Djokovic slips into round of 16 at the expense of Davidovich Fokina

Serbian Novak Djokovic qualified this afternoon in three sets (7-6, 7-6, 6-2) against Spaniard Davidovich Fokina. The world number two will face in the round of 16 the winner of the match between Hubert Hurkacz (14th) and Juan Pablo Varillas (94th)

Elina Svitolina qualifies against Anna Blinkova

Ukrainian Elina Svitolina wins her ticket to the round of 16 at Roland-Garros by eliminating Russian 56th in the world Anna Blinkova. Seven months after giving birth, without forgetting her devastated country and her family in danger, Elina Svitolina 192nd finds at the age of 28 an 1/8th in a Grand Slam for the 1st since the US Open 2021. She will face Kasatkina in the next round, whom she has always been beaten (6 times out of 6).

Lorenzo Sonego surprises Andrey Rublev!

First surprise this Friday in the men’s draw, the Italian Lorenzo Sonego overcame the Russian world number 7 Andrey Rublev. The Italian, however, led two sets to nothing, managed to pull himself together and win this game in five sets (5-7, 0-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-3). Lorenzo Sonego, currently 48th in the world, will face in the round of 16 the Russian Karen Khachanov who fell earlier in the afternoon against the Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis.

Jessica Pegula, world third, beaten in the third round

World number 3 Jessica Pegula was stopped in the third round of Roland-Garros by Belgian Elise Mertens (28th), victorious 6-1, 6-3, on Friday. Pegula (29) is the fourth top 10 player eliminated prematurely on Parisian clay, after Maria Sakkari (N.8), Petra Kvitova (N.10) and Caroline Garcia (N.5).

Mertens, who won in less than 1h30 min on the Central court, will face a Russian player in the round of 16: either Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (96th), finalist of the 2021 edition, or Anastasia Potapova (25th). Pegula remained on a quarter-final at Roland-Garros, lost against the future winner, the world number 1 Iga Swiatek.

Kasatkina in demonstration against Stearns

The Russian Daria Kasatkina, ninth player in the world, swept the American Peyton Stearns (69th) 6-0, 6-1 in less than an hour Friday at Roland-Garros to obtain the first ticket for the round of 16. Kasatkina has still not lost a single round since the start of the fortnight, and will find her compatriot Anna Blinkova or the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, who also face each other on Friday.

Semi-finalist last year, Kasatkina (26) made short work of Stearns, completing the game in 55 minutes with staggering percentages, such as the number of first serves (93%).





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