Through Sabyasachi Chowdhury: 2-time Grand Slam champion Victoria Azarenka did not advance to the second one around of the French Open 2023 girls’s singles after shedding to 2019 US Open winner Bianca Andreescu within the first-round fit on Tuesday, Might 30. Andreescu gained the fit 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 at Courtroom Simmone-Mathieu in two hours and 20 mins.
No.18 seed Azarenka, who made her means via to the Australian Open quarters previous this 12 months, ruled halfway via the second one set with the score-line studying 6-2, 3-1 in her favour. However Azarenka made a phenomenal comeback, saving 12 out of 16 breaks to return up trumps.
Andreescu made 24 unforced mistakes, however made up for a similar with 47 winners. The Canadian got here into the match at Roland Garros after shedding 3 suits in a row. After her harm retirement in opposition to Ekaterina Alexandrova within the Miami Open, she confronted first around exits in Madrid and Rome, shedding to Wang Xiyu and Marketa Vondrousova.
Andreescu, who may be a former Global No.4, is subsequent set to stand USA’s Emma Navarro in the second one around on Thursday, June 1.
Gael Monfils holds his nerves
Within the males’s singles, fatherland boy Gael Monfils survived a large scare within the first around after beating Argentina’s Sebastian Baez 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 1-6, 7-5 at Phillipe-Chatrier. Each gamers broke each and every different’s serve 9 instances. Monfils appeared tentative on the second one function he gained best 39 p.c of issues from them and in addition made seven double faults.
However the 36-year-old pulled off six aces and became out to be a a very powerful issue within the sport. Monfils, who become a father with Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina final 12 months, will subsequent lock horns with Holger Rune, who can be brimming with self belief, having first overwhelmed Novak Djokovic, Casper Ruud and Daniil Medevev within the Italian Open after which defeating USA’s Christopher Eubanks 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2 within the first around at Roland Garros.
