The world number three in tennis, the American Jessica Pegulafell this Friday in the third round of the Roland Garros tournament in two sets, 6-1 and 6-3, to the Belgian elise mertensnumber 28 of the WTA.
Mertens He overwhelmed his rival in the first set, with no answers before the Belgian’s superior game at all levels.
pegulaLast year’s Roland Garros quarterfinalist, he improved slightly in the second round, but not enough to reverse the direction of the rivalry, settling in one hour and 22 minutes.
Eventually, Mertens won all five times in his break, only one in six for pegulawho also committed more unforced errors (28 vs. 13).
After Wednesday’s evacuation of the French Caroline Garcia (fifth favorite), the women’s team lost another key player, paving the way for two formidable opponents: the world number one, the Polish Iga Swiatek, and the number two, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka.
Source: La Verdad
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