Carlos Alcaraz, current champion of Grand Slam Parisino, celebrates his classification to the quarterfinals.
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With the exception of the elimination of the current runner -up Jasmine Paolini, the beginning of the round of Roland Garros this Sunday did not hold greater surprises, with Carlos Alcaraz tasting a corrected Ben Shelton and Iga Swiatek having to overcome his game.
The N.1 of the World, Aryna Sabalenka, did not give rise to a third set in her victory against the American Amanda Anisimova (16th). Although yielding a new set – his third so far this tournament – the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz (N.2 of the world) got into the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam Parisino, of which he is in force champion.
With this suffered victory in 3 hours and 22 minutes by 7-6 (10/8), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, the Murcia was cited in the quarterfinals with another American player, Tommy Paul (12th), who had imposed hours before the Australian Alexei Popyrin (25º) 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
Difficult game for Carlos Alcaraz
His third triumph in as many games against the semifinalist of the last Australian Open was forged over low heat and with several moments that tested Alcaraz's temper.
Like the three set points that had to save in the tie-break of a first manga that lasted an hour and 7 minutes. Or the six break points he faced – with success – in the first game of a second set that, however, was solved more easily for the quadruple Grand Slam champion.
But Shelton, who had a third round as the best performance in his two participations in Roland Garros, was not willing to deliver the spoon as soon as he had a prize for his tenacity taking the third set.
A little setback for Alcaraz, who simply remained in that after a fourth set in whose third game the pupil of Juan Carlos Ferrero broke the service of his rival to direct his eleventh victory followed on the Parisian sand and place three more victories of his second cup of the musketeers.
The queen of the beaten earth
Winner Not effortlessly against Kazaja Elena Rybakina (11th), 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 In almost two and a half hours, the old N.1 of the world, the Polish IgA Swiatek, continues in the race to become the first woman to conquer four consecutive rolands.
“I think I needed that kind of victory, to feel that I am able to win under pressure,” he held at a press conference. He went back to the former Wimbledon champion and will look for the pass to the semifinals against Ukrainian Elina Svitolina (14th), winner hours before the Italian Jasmine Paolini (4th) 4-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-1.
The Polish gave its first set in this edition with a surprising 6-1 that seemed to confirm the decline of a player who does not raise any trophy from the Suzanne-Langllen Cup last year in Paris. However, he threw of race, trade and gallons to take the following two sets.
Paolini disappointment
The 29 -year -old Tuscany, one of the favorites of the tournament after his victory in mid -May at the WTA 1000 in Rome, took the first set against Svitolina solvency, but the second was collapsed mediated against the three -time semifinalist in 'Grandes' (two in Wimbledon, one in US Open).
Paolini, trained by the Spanish Marc López, was missing two game balls on the second set, and then a third in the Tie-Break. “Maybe there was a game ball that could have played better, but she is a superjugator,” Paolini acknowledged sportsly.
The 30 -year -old Ukrainian reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros for the fifth occasion in her career.
Sabalenka se cita con Zheng Qinwen
In this season on beaten land, after its title in the WTA 1000 of Madrid, the N.1 of the world Aryna Sabalenka dominated 7-5, 6-3 to the American Amanda Anisimova (16th).
Sabalenka, who still pursues his first title in Porte D'Ateuil, was the only one of the four players classified to the rooms this Sunday who managed to do it without having to play three sets.
Triple champion in Grand Slam (Australia Open 2023 and 2024, US Open 2024), Sabalenka took the game with a 7-5, 6-3 in just over an hour and a half on the Suzanne-LENGLEN track.
The Belarusian, the only surviving player in the female team who has not given up a single set in this edition of Roland Garros, will seek to return to the semifinals – his roof in Paris – before the Chinese Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen, N.7 of the world.
“She is a great player. Of course, I hope a great battle, and I am anxious to face her in the quarterfinals, and I want to achieve my revenge,” said Sabalenka, who lost to Zheng in the quarterfinals of the WTA 1000 of Rome last month.
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