French Open: Iga Swiatek saves match point to beat Naomi Osaka
In a clash between two four-time Grand Slam winners, Swiatek, the top seed, pulled things back to 5-5 and ultimately prevailed 7-6(1), 1-6, 7-5 under the roof on Court Philippe Chatrier.
World No 4 Naomi Osaka of Japan and no 7 Stefanos Tsitsipas on Thursday qualified for their respective women’s and men’s quarterfinals at the 2019 China Open.
Osaka logged straight-set win, moving past Wuhan Open runner-up Alison Riske 6-4, 6-0, whereas Tsitsipas stunned defending China Open singles champion Nikoloz Basilashvili 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in a three-set marathon.
The 21-year-old Japanese will now face US Open champion Bianca Andreescu after the Canadian outplayed Jennifer Brady of America 6-1, 6-3. Meanwhile, Tsitsipus will face world number 19 John Isner who made his way to the quarters by fighting tooth and nail to register a 7-6 (3), 7-5 win over British qualifier Daniel Evans in just under two hours.
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Talking about other players, 16th seeded Caroline Wozniacki overcame several scares to edge past Czech No 47 Katerina Siniakova in straight sets 7-5, 6-4, reports Xinhua news agency.
Up next for Wozniacki is Daria Kasatkina, after the Russian defeated her compatriot Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4, 6-3, despite making no fewer than nine double faults over the course of the match.
The last men’s match of the day saw No 2 seed Alexander Zverev issue a real statement of intent, dispatching Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada 6-3, 6-1 in impressively quick fashion.
The German will face Sam Querrey, after the American served up 32 aces on his way to defeating Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman 7-6 (2), 6-7 (6), 6-3.
(With inputs from IANS)
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