One teenager could have departed however two extra are very a lot nonetheless within the hunt for glory on the French Open.
US Open champion Emma Raducanu was despatched packing by Aliaksandra Sasnovich however her opponent within the remaining at Flushing Meadows, fellow 19-year-old Leylah Fernandez, breezed by in opposition to Katerina Siniakova 6-3 6-2.
Fernandez, the seventeenth seed from Canada, is being tipped to go deep into the event, though she stated: “Truthfully that is the primary time I’m listening to about this.
“However I’m simply focusing by myself recreation. I’ve been making an attempt to enhance my recreation each single day, making an attempt to get to a degree the place I believe is deemed to be right here at a high degree.
“I believe my group and I have been doing a great job, simply making an attempt to enhance each day and never fascinated with wins and losses or any exterior voices.”
In the meantime American 18th seed Coco Gauff, nonetheless solely 18, ousted Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck 6-1 7-6 (4).
“It means rather a lot to be within the third spherical, particularly after Australian Open after I misplaced first spherical, so it’s good,” Gauff stated.
“I used to be relieved after the primary match, and now I’m simply taking part in free from there. I felt like for me personally, perhaps one other couple gamers, nobody needs to lose first spherical.
“I believe as soon as that match is over, at the least for me, I play rather a lot freer. Clearly each match is numerous stress to do properly, however I believe simply that one in my head is at all times a tricky one.”
Raducanu’s exit means there aren’t any present grand slam champions within the draw for the third spherical – final 12 months’s Paris winner Barbora Krejcikova misplaced in spherical one and Ashleigh Barty, holder of the opposite two titles, has retired.
However three-time grand slam winner Angelique Kerber, bidding to finish the total set, secured a 6-1 7-6 (2) win over France’s Elsa Jacquemot and a third-round assembly with Sasnovich.
There was a high-profile casualty within the form of Greek fourth seed Maria Sakkari, who misplaced two tie-breaks in opposition to Czech Karolina Muchova.
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