French Open: Iga Swiatek, the world’s top player, defeated Lesia Tsurenko to advance to a quarterfinal matchup with Coco Gauff in a rematch of last year’s French Open final after Tsurenko resigned with a 5-1 deficit in the opening set.
After five games, the Ukrainian phoned the doctor and trainer because she was ill and had her blood pressure taken during a long break.
Tsurenko came back to the court but left after just one game to advance Swiatek to a match with Gauff.
The 19-year-old Gauff defeated the Slovakian Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 7-5, 6-2, and advanced to the quarterfinals despite an early stumble in the windy circumstances.
The American is now looking forward to their rematch on Wednesday against top-ranked Swiatek, who defeated Gauff in the final of the previous season in straight sets.Gauff commented right before Swiatek advanced after 31 minutes, “I’ve been wanting to play her especially at this tournament since last year.”
Gauff commented right before Swiatek advanced after 31 minutes, “I’ve been wanting to play her especially at this tournament since last year.”
“I assumed that (a meeting) would take place because I assumed I would succeed and she would succeed. If you want to be the greatest, you must defeat the best.
“You must play your best if you want to get better. Because of how my career has developed thus far, if I see a level and I’m not quite at that level, I know I need to raise my game. Before seeing that level, you can’t really tell what you need to work on.”
Toby Haddad With her victory over Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain, Maia became the first Brazilian woman in 55 years to advance to the Grand Slam quarterfinals.
Haddad Maia will take on seventh-seeded Ons Jabeur after the Tunisian defeated American Bernarda Pera in the fourth round, 6-3, 6-1, in little more than an hour.
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