Athletistic / Tennis. The capital of France, Paris, hosts the famous tennis tournament Roland Garros – Roland-Garros, considered the unofficial world championship on clay, and at the same time one of the four Grand Slam tournaments.
After 17-year-old Russian Mirra Andreeva defeated Belarusian tennis player Victoria Azarenka in a tense fight in the last match of the second round, all participants in the 1/16 finals in the men’s and women’s singles became known.
It should be noted that last Thursday, May 30, was very unfortunate for a number of Russian tennis players – Daria Kasatkina (loss to Peyton Stearns), Anna Kalinskaya (Bianca Andreescu), Karen Khachanov (Jiri Kovalik), Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Anna Bogdan). ) sheathed their rackets. Anna Blinkova, who lost in the Russian derby to Elina Avanesyan, also dropped out of the fight. However, seven representatives of Russian tennis will participate in the third round.
The 1/16 final matches will take place on May 31 and June 1.
Men. 1/16 final:
Novak Djokovic (Serbia, 1) – Lorenzo MUSETTI (Italy, 30)
Francisco CERUNDOLO (Argentina, 23 years old) – Tommy PAUL (USA, 14 years old)
Taylor FRITZ (USA, 12) – Thanasi KOKKINAKIS (Australia)
Thomas Martin ETCHEVERRY (Argentina, 28 years old) – Kasper RUUD (Norway, 7 years old)
Alexander ZVEREV (Germany, 4) – Tallon GRIKSPOOR (Netherlands, 26)
Josef KOVALIK (Slovakia, LL) – Holger RUNE (Denmark, 13)
Alex DE MINOR (Australia, 11 years old) – Jan-Lennard STRUFF (Germany)
Tomas MAHACH (Czech Republic) – Daniil MEDVEDEV (Russia, 5 years old) – June 1st
Andrey RUBLEV (Russia, 6 years old) – Matteo ARNALDI (Italy) – May 31, 2nd launch
Zhizhen ZHANG (China) – Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece, 9)
Ben SHELTON (United States, 15 years old) – Felix Auger-ALIASSIM (Canada, 21 years old)
Sebastian CORDA (United States, 27 years old) – Carlos ALCARAZ (Spain, 3 years old)
Hubert HURKACH (Poland, 8) – Denis SHAPOVALOV (Canada)
Zizou BERGS (Belgium, Q) – Grigor DIMITROV (Bulgaria, 10)
Corentin MOUTHE (France) – Sebastian OFNER (Austria)
Pavel KOTOV (Russia) – Yannick SINNER (Italy, 2) – May 31, 2nd round
Roland Garros men’s draw
Women. 1/16 final:
Iga SVIONTEK (Poland, 1) – Maria BUZKOVA (Czech Republic)
Anastasia POTAPOVA (Russia) – Xinyu WANG (China) – June 1
Olga DANILOVIC (Serbia, Q) – Donna VEKIC (Croatia)
Chloé PACE (France, WC) – Marketa VONDROUSOVA (Czech Republic, 5)
Corey GAUFF (United States, 30 years old) – Dayana YASTREMSKAYA (Ukraine, 30 years old)
Lyudmila SAMSONOVA (Russia, 17 years old) – Elisabetta COCCIARETTO (Italy) – May 31, 12:00 MSK
Clara TAUSON (Denmark) – Sofia KENIN (USA)
Leila FERNANDES (Canada, 31 years old) – Ons JABEUR (Tunisia, 8 years old)
Qinwen ZHEN (China, 7) – Elina AVANESYAN (Russia) – June 1st
Bianca ANDREESCU (Canada) – Jasmine PAOLINI (Italy, 12 years old)
Elina SVITOLINA (Ukraine, 15 years old) – Ana BOGDAN (Romania)
Elise MERTENS (Belgium, 25 years old) – Elena RYBAKINA (Kazakhstan, 4 years old)
Varvara GRACHEVA (France) – Irina-Camelia BEGU (Romania)
Mirra ANDREEVA (Russia) – Peyton STEARNS (USA) – June 1
Madison KIS (United States, 14 years old) – Emma NAVARRO (United States, 22 years old)
Paula BADOSA (Spain) – Arina SOBOLENKO (Belarus, 2) – June 1
Roland Garros 2024 women’s draw
Source: Sport
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