Rybakina and Sabalenka reach French Open fourth round while Auger-Aliassime also advances

📆 6/1/2024 1:43 PM
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Grand Slam winners Elena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka have reached the fourth round of the French Open in straight sets. The 2022 Wimbledon champion Rybakina beat Elise Mertens of Belgium 6-4, 6-2. Two-time Australian Open champion Sabalenka followed her on Court Philippe Chatrier and won 7-5, 6-1 against Paula Badosa, her best friend on the tour.

Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus blows a kiss to cheering tennis fans after winning her third round match of the French Open tennis tournament against Spain’s Paula Badosa at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Saturday, June 1, 2024. Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina celebrates winning her third round match of the French Open tennis tournament against Belgium’s Elise Mertens at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Saturday, June 1, 2024.

Rybakina dropped her serve in the seventh game of the first set but broke straight back to tie her match at 4-4. Russian-born Varvara Gracheva of France advanced to the fourth round of a major for the first time after downing Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu 7-5, 6-3.Andy Murray and Dan Evans lose in the first round of doubles at the French OpenIn other men’s third-round play, 21st-seeded Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime beat No.15-seeded American Ben Shelton 6-4, 6-2, 6-1. Their match resumed after being interrupted by rain on Friday evening.

At around 1 p.m. rain fell again, with a chilly wind and an unappealing temperature of 14 degrees Celsius .

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