French Open: World No. 1 All Swiatek’s run to a third consecutive French Open title continues unbroken. Swiatek made an unlikely comeback against Naomi Osaka in the second round. He won the third against Marie Bouzkova 6:4 6:2.
With Swiatek centering, Carlos Alcaraz will be looking to reach the last 16 and move closer to a semi-final meeting with Sinner, who saw off Russian Pavel Kotov 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
Sixth seed Andrej Rublev was shocked by unknown Italian Matteo Arnaldi, repeatedly losing his cool as anger at his performance boiled over.
Gauff withstood a late fightback from Australian Open semifinalist Dayana Yastremska to win the first match of the day on Court Philippe Chatrier 6-2, 6-4.
The reigning US Open champion has an excellent record at Roland Garros, having already reached two quarterfinals and the 2022 final, which he lost to Swiatek.
The 20-year-old was unable to complete the match after leading 5-2 in the second set but saved three break points in the 10th game before crossing the line.
“When it came time to finish the games and the games got closer and tighter, I just tried to remind myself that I was in a better position,” Gauff said.
“I’m a master of dashes and double breaks, so I was just reminding myself.”
Coco Gauff will play Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the round of 18 after the unbeaten Italian defeated Russian No. 17 Liudmila Samsonova in straight sets.
World No. 1 Swiatek has emerged as a dominant force on the women’s side at the tournament, where she holds a 30-2 record and is a three-time winner after a breakthrough Grand Slam triumph following the Covid-19 postponed 2020. tournament
But the Pole suffered a second-round upset against four-time Grand Slam champion Osaka before taking the final game to keep his bid for a third straight French Open title intact.
“I just kept going and hopefully my game will improve because of it,” said Iga Swiatek, whose exit from the third round of this year’s Australian Open came in the previous round after a tough three-set match.
“I don’t compare it because I don’t want to find models that aren’t necessary,” Swiatek said, but didn’t want to dwell on the past. Swiatek, who aims to become only the second woman after Serena Williams. Reaching Madrid, Rome, and French Open dates in the same season is heavily favored against 42nd-ranked Czech Marie Bouzkova.”.
“Everybody is almost like playing the boy on the other side of the court. He plays very hard balls and moves very well,” Bouzkova said.
Arnaldi will face former runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas in the eighteenth.
Putune barely broke a sweat but saved the only break point he faced in a dominant match against Kotov.
The Australian Open champion, who will beat world number one Novak Djokovic if he reaches the final, will then face either home hope Corentin Moutet or Austrian Sebastian Ofner for a place in the quarterfinals.
Having lost just two matches so far this year, Sinner has yet to lose a game in the tournament.
French Open: Day 6 Main Results
Carlos Alcaraz beat Sebastian Korda 6-4, 7-6 (5), 603
Jannik Sinner beat Pavel Kotov 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Zhizhen Zhang 6-3, 6 – 3, 6:1
Matteo Arnaldi beat Andrei Rublev 7:6(2), 6:2, 6:4
Corentin Moutet beat Sebastian Ofner 3:6, 6:4, 6:4, 6:1
All Swiatek def Marie Bouzkova 6-4 6-2
Coco Gauff def Dayana Yastremska 6-2, 6-4
Elisabetta Cocciaretto def Liudmila Samsonova 7-6 (4), 6-2
Olga Danilovic def Donna Vekic 0:6, 7 -5, 7-6.
