For this seventh day of racket beating at Porte d’Auteuil, the last Frenchwoman entered in singles, Varvara Gracheva saved the honor of the Tricolores, Saturday June 1, by beating Irina-Camelia Begu. As for the favorites, Aryna Sabalenka and Daniil Medvedev also reached the round of 16. In the night session, the world number 1, Novak Djokovic, has a meeting for the first time in the tournament with a top seed, the Italian Lorenzo Musetti.
Varvara Gracheva joins the eighth
After a prestigious victory against Maria Sakkari and an expeditious victory against Bernarda Pera, the Frenchwoman (88th in the world) qualified for her first round of 16 in a Grand Slam. She won her third round by winning without trembling against Irina-Camelia Begu (7-5, 6-3), pushed by the French public on the Suzanne-Lenglen court.
First test for Novak Djokovic
Lacking results since the start of the year, world number 1, Novak Djokovic, faces his first seed in the tournament, world number 30, Lorenzo Musetti, on Saturday evening. The Serb won against the Italian in Monte-Carlo in April, but lost to him the previous year at the same venue.
Aryna Sabalenka, always so expeditious
The world number 2 did not hang around on the courts. The Belarusian signed another quick victory this Saturday, winning in straight sets against the Spaniard Paula Badosa, quarter-finalist at Roland-Garros in 2021, 7-5, 6-1, after 1h19 of play. More hooked only in previous matches by his “best friend” on the circuit, she conceded six games on Saturday, almost as many as in her last two matches (7).