Garcia “disappointed” after defeat and early exit at French Open
The French Open continues at Roland Garros as Iga Swiatek resumes her title defence, with Coco Gauff, Elena Rybakina and Ons Jabeur all in action on day five. Swiatek, who celebrated her 22nd birthday on Wednesday, faces the American Claire Liu while Rybakina takes on the Czech teenager Linda Noskova.
In the men’s draw, Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz remain on a collision course at the French Open after both advanced to the third round. Djokovic kept his focus on the court amid his latest controversy as he saw off Marton Fucsovics in straight sets.
France’s great home hope, Caroline Garcia, was bundled out after a dramatic encounter with Russian Anna Blinkova while Gael Monfils was forced to pull out due to injury before his match with Holger Rune.
Cameron Norrie, the last British player in the draw, knocked out a French opponent for the second consecutive round in a row as he defeated home favourite Lucas Pouille in straight sets.
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French Open: Iga Swiatek 3-0 Claire Liu – Break!
Emphatic from Swiatek! The Pole steps into another short ball from Liu and powers away the forehand winner down the line. It’s 3-0 already, and you have to think Swiatek smells another bagel – even at this early stage.
Jamie Braidwood1 June 2023 14:53
French Open: Iga Swiatek 1-0 Claire Liu – Break!
The danger signs are flashing immediately for Claire Liu as Iga Swiatek steps into a short ball midcourt and smacks a forehand winner. It sets up an early break point, and although the American saves it, another soon arrives as she sends a smash way over the baseline. Liu then blinks on a simple forehand – which again goes long – and Swiatek gets the early break.
Jamie Braidwood1 June 2023 14:43
French Open: Tomorrow’s order of play
The schedule is out for the start of the third round tomorrow:
Jessica Pegula v Elise Mertens
Aryna Sabalenka v Rakhimova
Novak Djokovic v Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Carlos Alcaraz v Denis Shapovalov
Daria Kasatkina v Peyton Stearns
Andrey Rublev v Lorenzo Sonego
Sloane Stephens v Yulia Putintseva
Stefanos Tsitsipas v Diego Schwartzmann
Karen Khachanov v Thanasi Kokkinakis
Elina Svitolina v Anna Blinkova
Cameron Norrie v Lorenzo Musetti
Karolina Muchova vs Irina-Camelia Begu
Jamie Braidwood1 June 2023 14:37
French Open: Iga Swiatek vs Claire Liu
Up next on Philippe-Chatrier is the defending champion and world No 1. Iga Swiatek celebrated her 22nd birthday yesterday and is back in action this afternoon as the Pole resumes her Roland Garros defence. Claire Liu, the world No 102, faces the unenviable task.
Jamie Braidwood1 June 2023 14:24
French Open: Game, set and match!
Mirra Andreeva goes through! The 16-year-old takes out a French player at Roland Garros, and emphatically so. A 6-1 6-2 victory over Diane Parry secures her place in the next round. Another good luck text from Andy Murray to come?
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Jamie Braidwood1 June 2023 14:18
French Open: Casper Ruud 6-3 6-2 4-6 7-5 Giulio Zeppieri – Game, set and match!
Casper Ruud finishes the job against Giulio Zeppieri – who battled hard to take it to a fourth but was undone by cramp right at the end. Ruud advances and will play either Thiago Agustin Tirante or Zhizhen Zhang next. Nice draw.
Jamie Braidwood1 June 2023 14:09
French Open: Latest scores
Daniel Altmaier takes the tiebreak to level the match against Jannik Sinner! The German had seen three set points come and go, but then holds his nerve to put away the overhead. Nicely done.
Over on Chatrier, Giulio Zeppieri has broken back in the fourth set against Casper Ruud – but the Norwegian has the chance to break straight back. The back news for the Italian is he is cramping badly – and has needed to take a medical timeout.
Jamie Braidwood1 June 2023 14:00
French Open: Latest scores
Daniel Altmaier ensures he gets at least a tiebreak against Jannik Sinner in the second set on Suzanne-Lenglen.
Meanwhile Casper Ruud is now closing in on the third round. The Norwegian gets the break in the fourth and is now two games away from victory.
Jamie Braidwood1 June 2023 13:41
French Open highlights: Rybakina through in straight sets
Elena Rybakina was in impressive form earlier as the Italian Open champion extended her hot streak with a straight-sets win to advance to the third round.
Jamie Braidwood1 June 2023 13:41
French Open: Upset alert!
Breakthrough for Tomas Martin Etcheverry!
The 23-year-old Argentine takes out the 18th seed Alex de Minaur in straight sets to advance to the third round of a grand slam for the first time.
Etcheverry’s reward is an open draw, created by Daniil Medvedev’s shock exit on Tuesday.
Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka is the highest remaining seed in that eighth of the draw – so there is going to be a surprise quarter-finalist.
Jamie Braidwood1 June 2023 13:35