Phillipe-Chartrier, leaving Gracheva a set and a game up on Suzanne-Lenglen.*Gracheva 7-5 BeguMore nervy play from both, the tall Begu going a set point down when she hits miles wide. Then she loses her ball toss and double faults to lose the game and go a set down.Gracheva 6-5 Begu*
It’s not warm out at Roland Garros, the crowd in coats, though the players are in short sleeves. Unforced errors abound as Gracheva holds serve.Gracheva is pumped, in her patriotic blue dress, gets around Begu’s defences with some high energy play. The Tricolore is waved in the crowd. But nerves do their worst and she goes from 30- up to losing the game as Begu saves three set points.Begu goes 30-0 up but mis-hits a return to let Gracheva back in the game.
France’s Varvara Gracheva in action during her third round match against Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu.Begu holds serve to draw level, starting to hit her serving straps with improved accuracy.over to court Suzanne-Lenglen where the last French woman standing, Varvara Gracheva, is 4-3 up against Irina-Camelia Begu.the clay still brick red, the organisers hustling to fit everything in after the rain of the first few days.
Lots to keep an eye on today, including Aryna Sabalenka playing “best friend” Paula Badosa, second on Court Philippe Chatrier, while Novak Djokovic takes on Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti, who like Djokovic is let to lose a set, in the night session. Alexander Zverev and Daniil Medvedev also play.