Tennis
Rybakina and Gracheva reached the fourth round of Roland Garros
Elena Rybakina / Photo: © Robert Prange / Contributor / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
The fourth racket of the world Elena Rybakina reached the fourth round of the French Open tennis championship in Paris.
On Saturday, the Moscow native, representing Kazakhstan, beat Elise Mertens of Belgium 6:4, 6:2. The meeting lasted 1 hour 7 minutes.
Rybakina will compete for a ticket to the quarterfinals of Roland Garros with the winner of the match Elina Svitolina (Ukraine, 15) – Ana Bogdan (Romania).
In another match of the day, French tennis player Varvara Gracheva, who previously also represented Russia, defeated Irina-Camelia Begu from Romania. Gracheva remains the last participant in the tournament from France in the women’s bracket. In the next round, her opponent could be Russian Mirra Andreeva if she beats Peyton Stearns from the USA in her third round match.
Grand Slam Tournament. Roland Garros. Paris. Priming. Total prize fund: 53.5 million euros
Women. Third circle
Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan, 4) – Elise Mertens (Belgium, 25) – 6:4, 6:2
Varvara Gracheva (France) – Irina-Camelia Begu (Romania) – 7:5, 6:3
Source: Sportbox
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