Paris. FRANCE. Elina Svitolina, former prime 5 on the planet and at present in nineteenth place on the planet rankings, assured this Thursday, as soon as once more, his presence within the third spherical of Roland Garros, in France. That is the eighth time in a row that the 29-year-old Ukrainian has reached this stage of the competitors within the largest clay event on the planet.
Svitolina, who reached the quarter-finals in 2023, confronted France within the second spherical Diane Parry63rd WTA, with 6-4 and 7-6(3), in a match that grew to become extra difficult within the second set, after even main 4-1 (with two targets) and 5-3.
The Ukrainian will face the winner of the assembly between the Russians on Saturday Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and in Romanian Anna Bogdan.
As for French tennis, at this level there are solely 5 home tennis gamers left in singles: Gael Monfils, Corentin Moutet, Arthur Rinderknech, Varvara Gracheva and Chloe Pacquet. In 2023, nobody handed the second spherical.