Seed number 2, Coco Gauff had to work to overcome Marie Bouzkova and join the knockout stages of Roland-Garros. Madison Keys, on the other hand, fought three sets to dominate Sofia Kenin.
Coco Gauff continues his journey to Roland-Garros. The American, seeded number 2, knew how to take the best of Marie Bouzkova to rally the knockout stages. A meeting that the finalist of the 2022 edition started in the best way with the entrance station wagon to quickly lead three games to nothing. If the Czech then managed to keep its service, it quickly disappeared from radars.
Won only one point over the next three games, the world 47th fell pavilion. It is thus on a service won white that Coco Gauff pocketed the first round. The second was not of the same ilk. Indeed, if Marie Bouzkova started it by winning his service, the breaks have been chained. No less than eight consecutive games were lost by the player who was hired. Which did not make things happen, the score being five games everywhere when Coco Gauff put an end to this negative spiral.
After missing two break balls in the process, the world number 2 was taken to a decisive game by the Czech. Undecided at the very beginning, this Tiebreak finally turned in favor of the American, who ended the suspense at the second match ball (6-1, 7-6 in 1h46 ‘). She will find Ekaterina Alexandrova, seeded number 20, for a place in the quarterfinals. The Russian beat its compatriot Veronika Kudermetova in two rounds (6-2, 6-2 in 1h23 ‘).
Keys wins the 100% American duel
Madison Keys also made American colors shine this Sunday on the clay of Roland-Garros. Opposed to his compatriot Sofia Kenin, the seeded number 7 knew how to make people forget a complicated match start to get out victorious of this confrontation. If the world’s number 8 has had two break balls at the start, it could not convert them. What happened in the sixth game, just before this first round rocks.
Indeed, the seventh game allowed Sofia Kenin to take the lead. What turned out to be decisive because, at the fourth set ball on its service, the seeded number 31 won this first round. The second first saw the two players have the opportunity to take the service of the other. It was Madison Keys who found the solution to lead four games to nothing. Not worried later, the native of Rock Island only needed an opportunity to return to her compatriot.
The last round is Sofia Kenin who started drums beating it with the station wagon to lead three games to nothing. Except that Madison Keys immediately replied to return to height. The 30th world player then had three match balls but she missed the mark. In the process, the world number 8 went to take its service and then conclude on the second occasion (4-6, 6-3, 7-5 in 2h22 ‘). She will find another American, Hailey Baptiste, in the round of 16. The latter dismissed the Spanish Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in two rounds (7-6, 6-1 in 1h29 ‘).
