HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-French Open day seven


Reuters | Paris | Updated: 29-05-2022 00:29 IST | Created: 29-05-2022 00:29 IST
HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-French Open day seven
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Highlights of the seventh day at the French Open, the second Grand Slam of the year, on Saturday (times GMT): 1850 KEYS SEALS COMEBACK WIN OVER RYBAKINA

American 22nd seed Madison Keys reached the fourth round with a 3-6 6-1 7-6(3) victory over 16th seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan. Keys, who had a near-flawless performance in the tie-break, will play in the fourth round in Paris for the first time since 2019.

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1625 TSITSIPAS EASES PAST YMER Fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas wrapped up a 6-2 6-2 6-1 victory over Swede Mikael Ymer in an hour and 32 minutes to reach the fourth round. He will face either Holger Rune or Hugo Gaston.

Hubert Hurkacz, the 12th seed, advanced to the fourth round for the first time with an impressive 7-5 6-2 6-1 win over David Goffin. 1514 SIMON BIDS ADIEU TO ROLAND GARROS

Former U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic set up a last-16 clash with world number two Daniil Medvedev after beating Gilles Simon 6-0 6-3 6-2 on Court Philippe-Chatrier in the Frenchman's final Roland Garros tournament. The 37-year-old Simon, who won his 500th ATP match in the second round on Thursday, will retire at the end of the season.

1419 BADOSA RETIRES, GIORGI KNOCKS OUT SABALENKA Paula Badosa and Aryna Sabalenka joined the exodus of top women's seeds at Roland Garros, leaving world number one Iga Swiatek as the only top-10 seed in the singles draw.

Spanish third seed Badosa retired at 6-3 2-1 against Veronika Kudermetova while Sabalenka, seeded seventh, lost 12 of the last 13 games -- including eight in a row -- against Italy's Camila Giorgi to fall to a 4-6 6-1 6-0 defeat. 1405 PEGULA BEATS ZIDANSEK

Jessica Pegula, the 11th seed, powered into the last 16 in Paris for the first time after carving up a 6-1 7-6(2) win over last year's semi-finalist Tamara Zidansek. 1248 MEDVEDEV CRUISES INTO LAST 16

World number two Daniil Medvedev eased into the fourth round with a comfortable 6-2 6-4 6-2 win over Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic in less than two hours. He will play Marin Cilic for a place in the quarter-finals. 1220 RUBLEV MOVES PAST GARIN

Russian seventh seed Andrey Rublev saved five set points in a lengthy fourth-set tiebreak to beat Cristian Garin 6-4 3-6 6-2 7-6(11) in just over three hours. Rublev will take on 11th seed Jannik Sinner in the next round after the Italian saved 11 set points in a gruelling 90-minute second set to clinch a 6-3 7-6(6) 6-3 victory over American Mackenzie McDonald.

1140 SWIATEK TOO STRONG FOR KOVINIC World number one Iga Swiatek navigated a shaky second set to hold off Danka Kovinic 6-3 7-5 and advance to the last 16 in Paris, extending her winning run to 31 matches.

Swiatek, 20, will next face Chinese teenager Zheng Qinwen, who received a walkover after home favourite Alize Cornet retired at 6-0 3-0 with 45 minutes played. (Compiled by Dhruv Munjal, Hritika Sharma and Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru Editing by Christian Radnedge and Clare Fallon)

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