Sabalenka, Medvedev Reach French Open Third Round
Reigning Australian Open winner Aryna Sabalenka stormed into the third round of the French Open on Thursday, defeating Moyuka Uchijima from Japan 6-2, 6-2.
Needing one hour and 2 minutes to prevail, Sabalenka slammed two aces, won 76 percent of her first serve points, and broke serve on seven occasions.
The Belarusian will next face good friend Paula Badosa. The Spaniard ousted Yulia Putintseva 4-6, 6-1, 7-5.
Elsewhere, No. 4 seed Elena Rybakina, No. 15 seed Elena Svitolina and No. 30 seed Dayana Yastremska all reached the third round. No. 18 seed Marta Kostyuk was defeated by former top 20 player Donna Vekic.
Medvedev Moves On
Former US Open winner Daniil Medvedev continued his quest for a first French Open title on Thursday, dispatching Miomir Kecmanovic 6-1, 5-0 retire.
Needing a mere 55 minutes to move on, Medvedev will next meet either Mariano Navone or Tomas Machac
for a place in the sweet 16.
In other men’s results, No. 4 seed Alexander Zverev, No. 10 seed Grigor Dimitrov, No. 27 seed Sebastian Korda and Italian Matteo Arnaldi all progressed to the round of 32.
Korda will next face No. 3 seed Carlos Alcaraz on Friday.
Women’s top seed Iga Swiatek and No. 2 seed Jannik Sinner will also be featured on Friday’s schedule.
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