French Open 2017: Garbine Muguruza survives scare to reach third round

By Daily Sports on June 1, 2017

Defending French Open champion Garbine Muguruza survived a scare to beat world number 99 Anett Kontaveit 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-2 and reach the third round.

The fourth seed was a set and a break down but recovered to win in two hours and eight minutes.

The 23-year-old will now play Yulia Putintseva, seeded 27.

The women's draw is wide open, especially after world number one Angelique Kerber and British hope Johanna Konta went out in round one.

"I was expecting this kind of match because I played her recently, and I saw her a little bit in the few tournaments before," Muguruza said of Kontaveit.

"She was just playing good, a lot of confidence. I knew it was going to be a battle out there."

Watched by sister Serena - who will not play again this season because of her pregnancy - Venus Williams easily beat Kurumi Nara 6-3 6-1 to move into round three for the first time in five years.

At 36 she is the oldest woman to reach the third round at the French Open since Billie Jean King in 1982.

Slovak Dominika Cibulkova suffered a shock defeat by Tunisia's world number 114 Ons Jabeur to become the third top-10 seed in the women's draw to be knocked out. The sixth seed lost 6-4 6-3.

Petra Kvitova's return to action came to an end in the second round as the Czech lost 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-5) to American Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

Caroline Wozniacki, the Danish 12th seed, produced an impressive performance to beat Canadian Francoise Abanda 6-0 6-0 in 52 minutes.

French 13th seed Kristina Mladenovic reached the third round with a comfortable 6-2 6-3 win against Sara Errani of Italy.

In the men's draw, another home favourite, 12th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, was given only the briefest of reprieves as he lost 7-5 6-4 6-7 (6-8) 6-4 to Argentine Renzo Olivo.

*Photo shows Garbine Muguruza.

Source Daily Sports

Posted June 1, 2017


 

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