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PARIS: A charged-up Elina Svitolina powered into the French Open quarter-finals for the fourth time with a 6-4 7-6(5) victory over Russian ninth seed Daria Kasatkina on Sunday (Jun 4) as she kept alive hopes of winning a maiden Grand Slam title.
Aryna Sabalenka hopes there is a demand for more women’s matches to be played in the evening sessions at the French Open after the second seed put on a show to beat Sloane Stephens. The fans were treated to a spectacle on Philippe-Chatrier as Sabalenka won a topsy turvy match 7-6(5) 6-4 to advance to the quarter-finals.
Tournament director Amelie Mauresmo has addressed the lack of women’s matches in the night sessions of the French Open. The competition was a week old when the first women’s match – Aryna Sabalenka v Sloane Stephens – finally took centre stage on Court Philippe-Chatrier as the late match. Ad It has created plenty of debate with Eurosport expert Mats Wilander describing the situation as “ridiculous”.
Arnya Sabalenka advanced to the quarter-finals of the French Open following a 7-6(5) 6-4 win over Sloane Stephens. In the first match women were given the evening match on Philippe-Chatrier, the fans were certainly given their money’s worth in a thrilling first set. Ad Sabalenka looked to be in total control as she raced into a 5-0 lead with Stephens unable to find her rhythm.
PARIS : Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka skipped her post-match press conference at the French Open on Sunday for the second consecutive time due to being asked to comment on the war in Ukraine earlier in the tournament, organisers confirmed.
Coco Gauff says the lack of women's night matches so far at the French Open «does suck», but that no player she has spoken to wants to play in them. Gauff advanced to the fourth round of Roland-Garros on Saturday with a comeback 5-7 6-1 6-1 win over 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva. Ad The 19-year-old, who revealed afterwards how she had won through by «trusting in my shots and game plan», also spoke about the disparity between men's and women's matches in the primetime night slot so far, with Aryna Sabalenka and Sloane Stephens set to be the first on the women's side since the tournament began on May 28.
It’s getting really serious now at the French Open. Monday – day nine of Roland-Garros – sees the completion of the fourth-round stage with the likes of Iga Swiatek, Casper Ruud and Holger Rune in action. Ons Jabeur, Coco Gauff and Alexander Zverev are also bidding to make the last eight in Paris in what looks like a mouthwatering day of tennis.
PARIS : Tunisian Ons Jabeur said fans should not simply assume that women's matches will be 'crappy' after learning that tickets for Sunday's French Open night session were resold when a women's singles contest was scheduled for the first time this year.