US Open winner Dominic Thiem swept into the fourth spherical at Roland Garros on Friday together with girls’s third seed Elina Svitolina. Thiem broke down early resistance from Norway’s Casper Ruud to safe a powerful 6-Four, 6-Three, 6-1 victory and arrange a attainable showdown with 2015 French Open winner Stan Wawrinka. “I am very joyful. It was an ideal match and I did not do any errors,” stated Thiem. Two-time quarter-finalist Svitolina ensured she’s going to stick round for the second week in Paris with a 6-Four, 7-5 win over Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova, the 27th seed.
“The situations are very good to play in underneath the roof – no wind and the court docket is ideal.”
Ukrainian Svitolina is stuffed with confidence after capturing her 15th profession WTA at Strasbourg final weekend.
“It is all the time very nice to have one other probability to go deep within the event,” stated Svitolina.
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“It is somewhat bit completely different with out the gang, so that you begin to treasure each match and each Grand Slam you play.”
Polish teenager Iga Swiatek dismissed former Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard 6-Three, 6-2 to seal a return to the final 16, matching her greatest outcome at a Grand Slam.
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