Roland-Garros: Svitolina follows Monfils’ epic victory with second round win of her own

The Ukrainian will play the winner of the match between Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 5 seed, and Russian Anna Blinkova in the next round

Elina Svitolina at the 2023 French Open Elina Svitolina at the 2023 French Open Image Credit: AI / Reuters / Panoramic
French Open 2023 Women's Singles •Second round • completed
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Less than 14 hours after husband Gael Monfils won an epic first round clash in the men’s singles draw, Elina Svitolina moved into the third round of the women’s singles draw at Roland-Garros.

The former world No 3 defeated Australian qualifier Storm Hunter 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 in Paris on Wednesday.

Svitolina, ranked No 192 in the world, won her first title as a mom over the weekend and extended her wining streak to six matches with today’s win, where she was cheered by Monfils as well.

This is the eighth time in a row that Svitolina has reached atleast the third round at Roland-Garros; her best performance has been a quarter-final finish in 2015, 2017 and 2020.

The Ukrainian defeated Italian Martina Trevisan, the No 26 seed (6-2, 6-2) in the previous round. She will play the winner of the match between Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 5 seed, and Russian Anna Blinkova next.

In the first round of the French Open, Hunter, ranked No 204, edged out Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz (4-6, 6-2, 6-4).

Roland-Garros (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000)

  • Jessica Pegula (3) beat Camila Giorgi: 6-2 ret.
  • Peyton Stearns beat Jelena Ostapenko (17): 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
  • Oceane Dodin vs. Ons Jabeur
  • Jasmine Paolini vs. Olga Danilovic
  • Bernarda Pera vs. Donna Vekic
  • Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Simona Waltert
  • Diana Shnaider vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
  • Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
  • Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Petra Martic
  • Elena Rybakina vs. Linda Noskova
  • Julia Grabher vs. Coco Gauff
  • Diane Parry vs. Mirra Andreeva
  • Kayla Day vs. Madison Keys
  • Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Aliona Bolsova
  • Lauren Davis vs. Lesia Tsurenko
  • Bianca Andreescu vs. Emma Navarro
  • Rebecca Peterson vs. Xinyu Wang
  • Iga Swiatek vs. Claire Liu
  • Magdalena Frech vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
  • Leolia Jeanjean vs. Elina Avanesyan
  • Leylah Fernandez vs. Clara Tauson
  • Iryna Shymanovich vs. Aryna Sabalenka
  • Sloane Stephens vs. Varvara Gracheva
  • Sara Errani vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
  • Yulia Putintseva vs. Qinwen Zheng
  • Liudmila Samsonova vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
  • Karolina Muchova vs. Nadia Podoroska
  • Marketa Vondrousova vs. Daria Kasatkina
  • Caroline Garcia vs. Anna Blinkova
  • Mayar Sherif vs. Anastasia Potapova
  • Elise Mertens vs. Camila Osorio

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