Key occasions
On Lenglen, Andreeva additionally sees off spoil issues to guide Kastakina 4-3, the primary set nonetheless on serve. An intriguing conflict of types in that fit already.
Broken once more and 5-0 down, Alexandrova starts to get one thing in combination as Gauff serves for the set – however 5 spoil issues come and pass, and the American ultimately seals the bagel in spite of some first-serve problems.
Gauff has made an ominous get started right here, taking 16 of the primary 20 issues and breaking two times to open up a 4-0 lead. Andreeva and Kasatkina are on serve at 2-2 within the first set.
It’s been a nervy get started from Alexandrova, shedding her serve cost effectively within the opening recreation, and Gauff backs up the spoil to guide 2-0. On Suzanne-Lenglen, a possible corker between emerging big name Mirra Andreeva and Daria Kasatkina – born in Russia, now representing Australia – is getting below method.
First up on Chatrier, it’s Coco Gauff in opposition to Ekaterina Alexandrova. The American has a 3-1 lead of their head-to-head file. Gauff reached the general in 2022, shedding to Swiatek, who additionally eradicated her within the closing two years. As for Alexandrova, she is but to achieve a slam quarter-final however is in a position to inflicting an dissatisfied on her day.
If you neglected it the day gone by, Iga Swiatek’s fourth-round win over Elena Rybakina used to be an all-timer. The protecting champion misplaced 8 of the primary 9 video games and used to be on target for an embarrassing finish to her lengthy profitable run right here. But Swiatek dug in, levelled up and inched her method forward in a marathon 3rd set, profitable it 7-5 in a fit that may were a very good last. Or who is aware of, perhaps even Sunday’s night time fit.
Preamble
Bienvenue. The fourth around continues lately at Roland-Garros, and if Sunday’s motion is any roughly information, we may well be in for a humdinger of an afternoon. Here’s the order of play:
Court Philippe-Chatrier (from 10am BST)
(20) Ekaterina Alexandrova v Coco Gauff (2)
Lois Boisson v Jessica Pegula (3)
Cameron Norrie v Novak Djokovic (6)
Night recreation: (1) Jannik Sinner v Andrey Rublev (17)
Court Suzanne-Lenglen (from 10am BST)
(6) Mirra Andreeva v Daria Kasatkina (17)
(3) Alexander Zverev v Tallon Griekspoor
(7) Madison Keys v Hailey Baptiste
Alexander Bublik v Jack Draper (5)