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French Open Highlights: Francisco Cerundolo defeats Taylor Fritz, Iga Swiatek, Casper Ruud enter fourth round

French Open Highlights: Francisco Cerundolo defeats Taylor Fritz, Iga Swiatek, Casper Ruud enter fourth round

French Open Highlights: World No.1 Iga Swiatek stormed her way into the fourth round at the French Open 2023. The top seed defeated China’s Wang Zhinyu 6-0, 6-0 in the third round on Saturday, 3rd June 2023. Earlier, Casper Ruud defeated China’s Zhang Zhizhen 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4. Holger Rune clinched a straight set win […]

French Open Highlights: World No.1 Iga Swiatek stormed her way into the fourth round at the French Open 2023. The top seed defeated China’s Wang Zhinyu 6-0, 6-0 in the third round on Saturday, 3rd June 2023. Earlier, Casper Ruud defeated China’s Zhang Zhizhen 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4. Holger Rune clinched a straight set win against Genaro Olivieri. Taylor Fritz meanwhile has bowed out of the tournament. He suffered a four-set loss against Francisco Cerundolo.

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French Open Third round matches

Men’s Singles

Casper Ruud BEAT Zhang Zhizhen – 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4

Taylor Fritz LOST TO Francisco Cerundolo – 6-3, 3-6, 4-6, 5-7

Women’s Singles

Elena Rybakina LOSES TO Sara Sorribes Tormo – Walkover

Iga Swiatek BEAT Wang Zhinyu – 6-0, 6-0

Men’s Singles

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Casper Ruud vs Zhang Zhizhen

Casper Ruud continued to make smooth progress at Roland Garros on Saturday, recovering from a slow start to dispatch Chinese player Zhang Zhizhen 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4.

The fourth seed Ruud, who is the highest seed remaining in the bottom half of the draw, emphatically pounced on short balls throughout the two-hour, 38-minute third-round clash. He stepped forward effectively to dictate with his heavy forehand, using a mixture of spins in the lively conditions on Court Suzanne-Lenglen to earn his 14th clay-court win of the season.

Taylor Fritz vs Francisco Cerundolo

After entering Roland Garros without a main-draw win at the event, Francisco Cerundolo has secured his best Grand Slam result by reaching the fourth round in Paris. The Argentine defeated ninth seed Taylor Fritz 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 on Saturday evening to continue his run, improving to 6-7 against Top 10 opponents with the victory.

Cerundolo was without a win in four Grand Slam main-draw appearances prior to 2023, but reached the third round at the Australian Open before his success at Roland Garros. His Paris campaign will continue with a showdown against sixth seed Holger Rune on Monday.

Women’s Singles

Elena Rybakina vs Sara Sorribes Tormo

Fourth seed Elena Rybakina pulled out of the French Open ahead of her third-round match Sara Sorribes Tormo on Saturday due to a viral illness as the Roland Garros tournament lost one of its main contenders for the women’s title. The Wimbledon champion said she had been unwell for the last two days.

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Iga Swiatek vs Wang Zhinyu

Defending champion and top seed Iga Swiatek swept into the Round of 16 at Roland Garros with a dominant 6-0, 6-0 victory over 80th-ranked Wang Xinyu on Court Philippe Chatrier on Saturday.

Swiatek needed only 51 minutes to dismiss Wang in their first match at the tour-level. Swiatek had edged Wang in their two close meetings during their junior careers, but this time around, Swiatek cruised to a win.

Swiatek, the champion in 2020 as well as last year, has won her past 10 matches at Roland Garros and is 24-2 throughout her career at the tournament.

French Open Highlights: Francisco Cerundolo defeats Taylor Fritz, Iga Swiatek, Casper Ruud enter fourth round

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