Home / Sports / Other Sports / Article / French Open: Stephens, Pavlyuchenkova advance, Svitolina makes winning return

French Open: Stephens, Pavlyuchenkova advance, Svitolina makes winning return

Stephens extended her head-to-head against Pliskova to 5-1 overall and 2-1 on clay. Their last meeting was also at Roland Garros, with Stephens winning 7-5, 6-1 in the 2021 second round

Listen to this article :
Ukraine`s Elina Svitolina plays a forehand return to Italy`s Martina Trevisan during their women`s singles match on day two of the Roland-Garros Open tennis tournament at the Court Simonne-Mathieu in Paris. Pic/AFP

Ukraine`s Elina Svitolina plays a forehand return to Italy`s Martina Trevisan during their women`s singles match on day two of the Roland-Garros Open tennis tournament at the Court Simonne-Mathieu in Paris. Pic/AFP

Former finalists Sloane Stephens, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Marketa Vondrousova started their respective campaigns on a winning note while Ukraines Elina Svitolina made a victorious comeback to Grand Slam action at the French Open on Monday.

The 2018 finalist Sloane Stephens took out No.16 seed Karolina Pliskova 6-0, 6-4 in 1 hour and 24 minutes in a first-round matchup between two former Top 3 players in women's singles.

Trending Stories

Latest Photoscta-pos

Latest VideosView All

Latest Web StoriesView All

Mid-Day FastView All

Advertisement