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French Open: Perfect 10 for Iga Swiatek; Krejcikova ousts fifth seed Svitolina
Updated On: 06 June, 2021 07:16 AM IST | Paris | AFP
Stephens lost the final at Roland Garros in 2018 after winning her only Grand Slam title at the US Open the year before. Sofia Kenin advanced to the fourth round for the third consecutive year by winning a seesaw match on Saturday against Jessica Pegula, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 in a battle of Americans.
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Poland’s Iga Swiatek returns to Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit during their French Open third round match in Paris on Saturday. Pic/AFP
Defending champion Iga Swiatek overcame an early break to defeat Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit and reach the French Open Last 16 on Saturday.
The eighth-seeded Pole won 7-6 (7/4), 6-0 to stretch her record of straight-sets victories at Roland Garros to 10 matches. Swiatek reeled off 11 of the last 13 games on Saturday and will face Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk for a place in the quarter-finals. “She had a fast start and I was late getting going,” said Swiatek who had lost both her previous matches to Kontaveit.
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