The “Roland” point at snack time
Third tie-break for Jannick Sinner
The Italian Jannik Sinner (n°8) and the German Daniel Altmaier will play a tie-break to decide between them in the fourth round. This is the third in this disheveled encounter. Sinner leads (7-6(0), (7)6-7, 6-1, 6-6), but the match is very undecided. Sinner, who is one of the favorites, alternates winning shots and gross fouls.
On the Simonne-Mathieu court, the Russian Aslan Karatsev and the American Frances Tiafoe (n°12) are one round away.
Ekaterina Alexandrova qualified
On court 6, the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (n°23 at the WTA) won the first set (6-2) against the German Anna-Lena Friedsam.
Casper Ruud defeats Giulio Zeppieri
On center court, Norwegian Casper Ruud defeated Italian Giulio Zeppieri in four sets (6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5). Seeded number four, the 23-year-old Scandinavian is one of the tournament favorites. Coming from the qualifications, the young Italian finished the match limping.
Diane Parry lost in the second round against the youngest player in the table, the Russian Mirra Andreeva, 16, on the Simonne-Mathieu court. The match was one-sided: 6-1, 6-2. The Niçoise committed 38 unforced errors, against 15 for her opponent.
Alex De Minaur takes the door
On court 14, the Argentinian Tomas Etcheverry beat in three sets (6-3, 7-6, 6-3) Alex De Minaur, the Australian number one, who is 18th at the ATP. Like all good “Aussie”De Minaur is more comfortable on fast surfaces than on clay.
Coric imposes itself in pain
After 4h23 of play, the Croatian Borna Coric (seeded n°15) dominated the Argentinian Pedro Cachin, 64th player in the world, in five sets (6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6 -3) on court 6.
Rybakina in the third round
On the Suzanne-Lenglen court, Kazakh Elena Rybakina, seeded number 4, beat Czech Linda Noskova (6-3, 6-3) in 1h26.
In a duel between Americans, Kayla Day (No. 138 in the WTA) defeated Madison Keys (No. 20) in three sets (6-2, 4-6, 6-4) on the Simonne-Mathieu court.
On the central, the Polish Iga Swiatek won the first set (6-4) against the American Claire Liu and leads (4-0) in the second. The world number one is the big favorite in the women’s tournament, although her season on clay has been rather disappointing.
