Friday kicks off the third round of Roland-Garros with Stefanos Tsitsipas and Carlos Alcaraz still on the program. Novak Djokovix and Aryna Sabalenka qualified in the round of 16, Jessica Pegula and Andrey Rublev are eliminated.
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The third round of Roland-Garros began on Friday June 2, without the French. After the eliminations of Diane Parry, Océane Dodin and Arthur Rinderknech on Thursday, there are no more Tricolores in the draw, but there are still many favorites, even if the women’s draw has been cut by the elimination of Jessica Pegula ( No. 3 worldwide).
Jessica Pegula eliminated, Aryna Sabalenka and Daria Kasatkina in demonstration
In the ladies’ draw, Aryna Sabalenka strolled against Kamilla Rakhimova on the Suzanne-Lenglen. Elise Mertens created the first sensation of this third round by eliminating world No. 3 Jessica Pegula. In demonstration, the world n°9 Daria Kasatkina dispatched Peyton Stearns, losing only one game. For her return to competition, Ukrainian Elina Svitolina qualified in three sets at the expense of Russian Anna Blinkova.
Djokovic at the rendezvous, Tsitsipas and Alcaraz expected
While leading 2 sets to 0, world No. 7 Andrey Rublev was knocked down by Italian Lorenzo Sonego and will not see the round of 16. After 3h42 of the match, Karen Kachanov (11th) came to the end of Thanasi Kokkinakis (108th). On the Lenglen, Stefanos Tsitsipas (5th) will play his third round against Diego Schwartzman, while thein world No. 1, Carlos Alcaraz will play this evening in a night session against Denis Shapovalov on the central. After a long fight against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (7-6, 7-6, 6-2), Novak Djokovic validated his place for the round of 16 for the fourteenth year in a row.
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