Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas passed without a hitch this Thursday the pitfall of the second round at Roland Garros.
In the women's draw, Karolina Pliskova, seeded n ° 2, paid the price for the awakening of the winner of the 2017 edition, the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko.
Among the French, the prize for performance goes without question to the young Clara Burel, who climbs to the third round for her first Roland.
Youth card
She is only 19 years old.
And for her first Roland-Garros in the main
draw
,
Clara Burel
perfectly honored the organizers' invitation by qualifying for the third round after beating the Slovenian Kaja Juvan, in straight sets (7-6 (8-6), 6-2).
She could have met her compatriot Alizé Cornet in the next round, but she lost to the Chinese Shuai Zhang (39th world) in straight sets (6-4, 7-6).
The match point
Superb victory for Clara Burel! 🔥🇫🇷
After a convincing performance and despite a palpable tension at the end of the match, the 19-year-old Frenchwoman joined the 3rd round by beating Kaja Juvan, the Slovenian 7/6, 6/2 # RG20
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The return
The seeds continue to fall in the female table.
After the Americans Madison Keys (N.12) and Alison Riske (N.19), the German Angelique Kerber (N.18) and the Polish Magda Linette (N.31), Karolina Pliskova (N.2) disappeared in his turn this Thursday.
The Czech was eliminated on the center court Philippe Chatrier by
Jelena Ostapenko
who is no stranger since she won here in 2017 but has since disappeared from the radar.
The Latvian player completely smothered the recent finalist in the Rome tournament.
“The world doesn't stop when you've won a Grand Slam,” commented Ostapenko of his success at Roland Garros three years ago.
Of course I want to do better.
I want to get back into the top 10. ”The other players are warned.
The best moments of the meeting
Back to her best?
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The star
Novak Djokovic
took a short walk of 1h23 on the Philippe-Chatrier court, conceding only five games to his opponent the Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis (66th).
The Serbian player, excluded from the last US Open, spins in the 3rd round where he will face the lucky Colombian loser Daniel Elahi Galan, 153rd in the world and slayer of the American Tennys Sandgren (6-2, 6-2, 6-3).
The number
1.
By winning in five sets (7-5, 6-7, 6-3, 3-6, 8-6) and after 5 hours against the Canadian Denis Shapovalov (11th in the world), the Spanish player Roberto Carballes (101st) offers his first participation in a third round of a Grand Slam at 27!
THE MAIN RESULTS
Men's singles (2nd round):
Karen Khachanov (RUS / N.15) b;
Jiri Vesely (Czech Rep) 6-1, 6-7, 7-6, 7-6
Grigor Dimitrov (Bulg / N.18) b.
Andrej Martin (Slovak) 6-4, 7-6, 6-1
Novak Djokovic (Serb, N.1) b.
Ricardas Berankis (Lit) 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre, N.6) b.
Pablo Cuevas (Uru, 60th) 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
Ladies' singles (2nd round):
Petra Kvitová (Czech Rep / N.7) b.
Jasmine Paolini (Ita) 6-3, 6-3
Jelena Ostapenko (Let) b.
Karolína Plísková (Rep. Tch / N.2) 6-4, 6-2
Sofia Kenin (USA / N.4) beats Ana Bogdan (ROU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Clara Burel
b.
Kaja Juvan (Slove) 7-6, 6-2
Aryna Sabalenka (Biel / N.8) b.
Darya Kasatkina (Rus) 7-6, 6-0
Shuai Zhang (Chi) b.
Alizé Cornet
6-4, 7-6
Ons Jabeur (Tun / N.30) b.
Nao Hibino (Jap) 7-6, 6-4
Paula Badosa (Spain) b.
Sloane Stephens (EU / N.29) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
