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Svitolina holds on as a forehand winner gets a break to like stay alive in the second set. The Ukrainian star needs another break to get back up to speed, but it’s a start.

Rybakina is now in complete control as the fourth seed takes the opening break at the start of the second set – with Svitolina so far unable to find a response to Rybakina’s approach or net play.

Impressive from Rybakina as she saves a break point from Svitolina before serving a first set 6-4 over Chatrier. Svitolina is unlikely to disappear completely and will serve first at the start of the second set.

Svitolina responded well to get the immediate break, but Rybakina settled in and claimed the second break of the first set as she added a hard-hitting serve and forehand to her variety from the baseline early on.

The fourth seed looks solid in the first 20 minutes.

The sparse crowd at Philippe-Chatrier suggests that many Roland-Garros fans may still be rolling out of bed as we begin at 11 a.m. local time. An opening break goes Rybakina’s way, with the drop shot proving useful early on.

The roof is open on Philippe-Chatrier and the sky is blue as the day’s program begins with an intriguing clash between Elena Rybakina and Elina Svitolina.

Former Wimbledon champion and fourth seed Rybakina is expected to go far in Paris, but Svitolina, a quarter-finalist at Roland Garros last year, will be her toughest test yet.

The players last met in the first round of the 2021 Olympics, with Svitolina winning in three sets before winning the bronze medal in Tokyo.

Carlos Alcaraz believes his French Open campaign is getting better and better after overtaking Felix Auger-Aliassime to reach the quarter-finals, where he will face Stefanos Tsitsipas tomorrow.

Alcaraz had questions about his form and fitness after arriving at the French Open with a right forearm injury, but beat Auger-Aliassime 6-3 6-3 6-1.

“I think I played high level tennis. Really focused. No ups and downs. I’m happy with everything. My serve, my shots, my movements on the court,” he said.

“I think the most important thing is that I believe in myself. It doesn’t matter if I don’t have too many matches in mind or if I haven’t come with a lot of rhythm.

“I just believe in myself with my team. We did a really good job every day before we came here and every day here. After each practice and each match, I was getting better and better.

“Here, on the Philippe Chatrier court, it’s easy to play… the history of this court and this tournament, it’s better to play and arrive at 100%.”

Iga Swiatek ate a double bagel for breakfast in Paris, beating Anastasia Potapova 6-0, 6-0 to reach the quarterfinals of the French Open, writes Andy Sims.

Swiatek did her part as it took her just 40 minutes, one of the shortest matches in Roland Garros history, to eliminate the Russian.

She made just two unforced errors compared to Potapova’s 19 and won 94 percent of the points on her first serve. Of the 58 points played in the match, the 23-year-old Potapova won only 10.

“I was just really focused, in the zone and not really looking at the score, and yeah, it happened pretty fast, pretty weird,” Swiatek said.

“Because we played very early with the roof open, it’s still a little different but it’s still not too hot. It doesn’t feel like summer in Europe, but we’ll see what it looks like in two days.

Second seed Jannik Sinner overcame a slow start and advanced to the French Open quarter-finals last night with a 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-1 victory over local hope Corentin Moutet who kept his world number one dreams alive.

Australian Open champion Sinner was in a tough spot in front of partisan fans on the Philippe Chatrier Court as the discolored 22-year-old went down 5-0 in 23 minutes, but he managed to come up on the board and avoid an embarrassing match. donut.

“It was very hard for me. I thought he played very well in the first set,” Sinner said.

“I had a few chances, but he played much better than me, so I had to adjust a bit. He had an incredible run here at Roland Garros. The atmosphere, as always, was incredible.

“He plays differently than most of my opponents, so it was difficult for me. He is also a left-hander. We don’t often play lefties, so I’m happy to be in the next round.

Novak Djokovic admitted his late-night arrival at the French Open “could have been handled differently” while Coco Gauff called playing until the early hours “not healthy”.

Djokovic experienced the last result in Roland Garros history as he defeated Lorenzo Musetti in five sets to reach the fourth round, with the last ball hit at 3:08 a.m. local time.

“I don’t want to get into that,” the defending champion said. “I have my opinions but I think there are great things to be said as we talk about this match and Lorenzo’s performance and mine stand out.

“I don’t want to talk about timing. I think some things could have been handled differently. But there is also the beauty of winning the match at 3:30 if it is the last of the tournament.

“But that’s not the case, so I’ll have to activate all my young genes and try to recover as quickly as possible.”