French Open Round up | Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal advance into next round
There were hardly an upset on Wednesday in the French Open as big names like Roger Federer, Rafael, Nadal, Stan Wawrinka, Grigor Dimitrov, Stefanos Tsitsipas all progressed into the next round. In the women’s singles category, Elina Svitolina, Garbiñe Muguruza, Slone Stephens advanced among others.
Roger Federer continued his seamless run in the Grand Slam on Wednesday when he was up against Germany’s Oscar Otte. The German failed to take a single set against the World No.3 and ended up losing the game 4-6, 3-6, 4-6.
Roland Garros legend Rafael Nadal was up against Yannick Maden and the German didn’t share a different fate than his compatriot against Federer. His defeat was, however, bigger as he lost 1-6, 2-6, 4-6.
In other matches, while Wawrinka defeated Christian Garin 6-1, 6-4, 6-0, Gregor Dimitrov got the better of World No.11 Marin Cilic in 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3 in a thrilling five-setter. In another high tempo match, Kei Nishikori got the better of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga with a scoreline of 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
In the women’s category, Sloane Stephens got the better of Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-1, 7-6 (7-3) in a straightforward match, while Muguruza got the better of Johanna Larsson 6-4, 6-1. In somewhat of an upset, Viktória Kužmová got the better of World No.5 Kiki Bertens 3-1 as the latter had to retire after getting injured.
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