French Open Day-5 LIVE – Medvedev vs Djere LIVE: Men’s World No 2 Daniil Medvedev and women’s World No 4 Paulo Badosa advanced to the third round. Medvedev eased past Laslo Djere 6-3, 6-4, 6-3. But Badosa had to fight against Kaja Juvan in a three-set battle, winning the match 7-5, 3-6, 6-2. Later in the day, World No 1 Iga Swiatek and Stefanos Tsitsipas also registered victories to move into the next round. Follow InsideSport.IN for more updates.
French Open Day-5 LIVE: Stefanos Tsitsipas, Iga Swiatek, Daniil Medvedev, Paula Badosa make it to Round 3 – Follow LIVE updates
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Second Round Matches
- Casper Ruud vs Emil Ruusuvuori – 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
- Paula Badosa vs Kaja Juvan – 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
- Daniil Medvedev vs Laslo Djere – 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
- Iga Swiatek vs Alison Riske – 6-0, 6-2
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Zdenek Kolar – 6-3, 7-6, 6-7, 7-6
Casper Ruud vs Emil Ruusuvuori: Casper Ruud made a light work of Emil Ruusuvuori challenge. He won the match in straight sets with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 scoreline.
Daniil Medvedev still has issues with claycourt tennis, but the world number two cantered into the French Open third round with a 6-3 6-4 6-3 win against Serbian Laslo Djere on Thursday.
The Russian, who reached the quarter-finals at Roland Garros last year after four consecutive first-round exits, struggled at times but his elasticity eventually made up for his lack of natural ability to move around on the slow surface.
Medvedev found himself down a break in the first set but his brilliant defence helped him claw his way back both times on Court Philippe Chatrier.
He will next meet 28th seed Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia.
Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Zdenek Kolar
Last year’s finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas will look to put on a much better show in the second round when he faces Czech’s Zdenek Kolar. The fourth seed lost the first two sets against Lorenzo Musetti in the first round and then came from behind to win the next three sets and book a spot in the second round. Considered to be one of the contenders of the title, he will look to live up to his billing and get back to his best form.
Meanwhile, 25-year old Kolar, who entered the tournament as a qualifier, defeated Lucas Pouille in the first round in four sets to enter his maiden second round of any Grand Slam event. He will face a tough challenge against a player who is ranked fourth in the world.
Women’s Singles
Iga Swiatek vs Alison Riske
Iga Swiatek demolished American Alison Riske 6-0, 6-2 as she raced into the third round of the French Open on Thursday with her 30th consecutive victory. The world number one wasted no time on court Suzanne Lenglen, showing no mercy as she went close to dishing out the first ‘double bagel’ of this year’s tournament.
The Polish player, the hot favourite to claim a second title in three years, was virtually unchallenged by the world number 43 who could only manage seven points in the opening set. Riske put up something of a fight in the second, letting out a big scream and raising her hand in celebration when she won her first game to reduce the arrears to 3-1.
Swiatek did not ease the pressure and wrapped it up in just over an hour when Riske’s backhand sailed long. She is on the longest winning run since Serena Williams bagged 34 consecutive victories in 2013 – still a far cry, however, from Martina Navratilova’s all-time record of 74 from 1984.
Paula Badosa vs Kaja Juvan
No. 3 Paola Badosa has become the first woman seeded in the top 10 to reach the third round at Roland Garros this year. Badosa went down a break to open the third set of her match against 68th-ranked Kaja Juvan before regrouping to grab four games in a row and was on her way to a 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 victory at Court Suzanne Lenglen that took more than two hours.
Badosa’s best showing at a Grand Slam tournament was a quarterfinal appearance at the 2021 French Open. She will face No. 29 Veronika Kudermetova next.
Other Matches
Simona Halep vs Qinwen Zheng – 6-2, 2-6, 1-6
Andrey Rublev vs Federico Delbonis – 6-3,3-6, 6-2,6-3
Aryna Sabalenka vs Maddison Brengle – 6-1, 6-3
French Open Live streaming: This is the first year that the Sony Sports Network will be showing the prestigious Grand Slam.
The broadcaster is going all out with LIVE coverage of the event in four languages.
For the first time in India, audiences will get to watch the Roland Garros in a language of their choice.
SonyLIV will LIVE Stream the tournament LIVE.
Sony Sports Network will also do a STUDIO show around the LIVE Coverage. The tournament will see the return of Extraaa Serve, which is the broadcaster’s flagship show for Grand Slam tournaments.
Watch the LIVE coverage of Roland-Garros 2022 from May 22, 2022, on SONY SIX, SONY TEN 2 (English), SONY TEN 3 (Hindi) and SONY TEN 4 (Tamil & Telugu) channels, 1:30 PM IST onwards.
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