Rain again played a spoilsport on Day 6 of French Open as three more matches were delayed until Saturday. Likes of Carlos Alcaraz, Coco Gauff, Iga Swiatek succesfully reached the next round with Andrey Rublev the big name to crash out.
Carlos Alcaraz needed three sets to beat Sebastian Korda 6-4, 7-6, 6-3. World no 2 Jack Sinner comfortably saw off Pavel Kotov 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Ninth seeded Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas had a comfortable afternoon beating Zhizhen Zhang 6-3, 6-3, 6-1. Corentin Moutet defeated Sebastian Ofner 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-1
The biggest result of the day came when Italian Matteo Arnaldi beat sixth seeded Andrey Rublev in striaght sets 7-6, 6-2, 6-4. Corentin Moutet beat Sebastian Ofner 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-1.
In the Women’s matches, World no 1 Iga Swiatek overcame Marie Bouzkova 6-4, 6-2. Coco Gauff is still yet to drop a set at this year’s French Open after defeating Dayana Yastremska 6-2, 6-4.
Clara Tauson, after overcoming Jelena Ostapenko in the last round, impressed again beating Sofia Kenin in striaght sets 6-2 7-5. In the entertaining match of the day, Anastasia Potapova beat Wang Xinyu 7-5, 6-7, 6-4. Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Liudmila Samsonova 7-6, 6-2 and Olga Danilovic defeated Donna Vekic 0-6, 7-5, 7-6.
French Open Day 7 Preview:
On day 7 of French Open, World no. 1 Novak Djokovic will face Lorenzo Musetti in Court Philippe-Chatrier. Alexander Zverev will face Tallon Griekspoor at the same venue. At Court Suzanne Lenglen, 7th seed Casper Ruud will face Tomas Martin Etcheverry and Daniil Medvedev will play Tomas Machac.
In Women’s matches, Aryna Sabalenka will play Paula Badosa and Elena Rybakina will face Elise Mertens at Court Philippe-Chatrier. 14th seed Madison Keys will play Emma Navarro at Court Suzanne Lenglen. At Court Simonne-Mathieu Chinese star Qinwen Zheng will play Elina Avanesyan.
Mohd Faisal Hakak is a sports author from Kashmir. He likes to keep tabs on the sporting world with a keen interest in football, motorsports, NBA, and other marquee sports. He is a science graduate from Islamia College Srinagar.