The second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) defeated her compatriot Iryna Shymanovich in the second round of the Grand Slam’s Roland Garros tennis tournament by 2-0 (7:5, 6:2) in almost an hour and a half of play.
Aryna Sabalenka made 21 winners, but also 23 unforced errors, which made the match for her harder than expected. The first set was running equally with both players winning heir serve games and exchanged one break, realizing the only breakpoints they had. The set was running to tiebreak and Iryna Shymanovich was serving to equalize to 6:6 and even was leading 40-15, when Aryna Sabalenka scored three consecutive points to receive a break point. Her opponent saved it, but after several exchanges of advantages, Aryna Sabalenka succeeded to realize her third break point in the game and close he set by 7:5.
The exhausting last game of the first set seriously affected the mood of Iryna Shymanovich, who started the second set hesitantly. She lost the first two games, before both exchanged a break and thus Aryna Sabalenka headed to winning the set after having comfortable lead. She succeeded to break the serve of her compatriot once again and closed the set at 6:2, winning the match.
Thus, Aryna Sabalenka qualified for the third round of the Grand Slam’s clay tennis tournament Roland Garros, where will face Kamilla Rakhimova (Russia), who eliminated Magdalena Frech (Poland) after 2-0 (6:3, 6:4).
The 9th-seeded Daria Kasatkina (Russia) advanced to the third round after eliminating Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic) by 2-0 (6:3, 6:4), as well as her compatriot Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who defeated Liudmila Samsonova by 2-1 (4:6, 7:5, 7:5).
Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) defeated Qinwen Zheng (China) by 2-1 (6:3, 4:6, 6:2) and in the third round will face Sloane Stephens (USA), who eliminated Varvara Gracheva 9russia) after 2-0 (6:2, 6:1).
Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic) also qualified for the third round after defeating Nadia Podoroska (Argentina) by 2-1 (6:3, 0:6, 6:3) and will face Irina-Camelia Begu (Romania), who eliminated Sara Errani (Italy) after 2-0 (6:3, 6:0).
The Denmark’s talent Clara Tauson continue her good performance at the French Open / Roland Garros after eliminated the 2021 US Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez (Canada) after 2-1 (6:3, 5:7, 6:4). In the third round, she will face Elina Avanesyan (Russia), who defeated Leolia Jeanjean (France) by 2-0 (6:0, 7:5).
