Iga Sviontek secured her presence in the next stage of Roland Garros as the defending champion defeated Spain and world No. 70 Christina Buksa 6-4, 6-0 in just 75 minutes.

This was the world No. 1’s 22nd win at Roland Garros, improving her record to 22-2. Her only career defeats at the tournament came against Simona Halep (2019) and Maria Sakkari (2021).

The Pole took advantage of the Spaniard’s poor serve, earning her just 19 points, but until she found a rhythm, she saw her opponent break serve twice in the first set (2-1, 3-2). Sviontek reacted immediately (2:2, 3:3) and scored another goal at the end of the first part, giving them a 6:4 and 1:0 lead.

From there Svioidek had a party where Buksa only got 3 points on her serve in set 2 and the Pole completed it in just 27 minutes, securing victory for Round 2 where she beat Ilena In-Albon (Switzerland) will compete. and Claire Liu (USA).

Easy favourites

Her presence in the best “64” of Roland Garros was ensured by Ons Zambert, who helped defeat Lucia Bronzetti in her premiere in Paris 6-4, 6-1after 70 minutes of play.

The 28-year-old Tunisian tennis player lost the opening game after successfully defending Bronzetti’s serve, but completed five straight runs with two breaks in between, basically securing the lead for the emphatic victory (5-1). .

The world No. 65 didn’t give up and narrowed the difference significantly while also erasing one of the two breaks, but stayed at love in the 10th game while Zamber served to end the first set in the hands of the No. 7 the world rankings (6-4).

In the second and final part of the match, Zamper was a devastating swipe at Phillipe Chartier and again won five games in a row, which was now an easy step to advance to the second round (5-0).

In the 6th game, the Italian temporarily reduced the difference and nullified one of her opponent’s three new breaks, but with another “breach” to Bronzetti’s serve, Zamper ended the match in the 7th game of the second set (6:1).

Ticket to the 2nd round of the Grand Slam in the French capital was also secured by Diane Parry, who knocked out world No. 20 Angelina Kalinina early, beating her by a margin 6-2, 6-3in an hour and 22 minutes.

’64’ will also feature Rebecca Peterson, who helped force Fiona Ferro 6-2, 6-0but also Ola Danilovic, who defeated Katerina Kozlova in straight sets 6-3, 6-2.

Andreeva continues to impress

Mira Andreeva easily qualified for the 2nd round of Roland Garros, beating Alison Riske in straight sets 6-2, 6-1in just 57 minutes of play, and reached 4/4 in the 2nd Major of the year, including their wins in the qualifiers.

The 16-year-old Russian tennis player, who has been wowing the world with her performances in recent months, managed to add another big win to her credit, her first at a Grand Slam, by knocking out world No. 85 early .

In the first set, Andreeva started with 3/3 games won, had a break in between (3:0) and, with the right lead, managed to keep the gap at the same level until the seventh game (5:2).

At the end of the first part, she made another breakthrough and laid the foundation for direct victory at her premiere on the mainboard in Paris.

In the 2nd and final part of the match, the WTA Ranking No. 143 served first place again while immediately earning the 3rd personal break to regain a safe distance (2-0).

Riske responded to the young Russian’s break, but her serve was ‘hurt’ again in the 4th game, keeping the difference between the two teams the same (3-1), while the 32-year-old had The Old American throughout the game no new offensive point solution and was therefore clearly defeated (6:1).

SOURCE: Tennis24