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French Open 2021: Day 5- Swiatek, Svitolina, Kenin all march into the third round; Barty withdraws due to an injury

by Lakshya Chopra
June 4, 2021, 2:13 AM IST
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Iga Swiatek, Ash Barty and Elina Svitolina

Iga Swiatek, Ash Barty and Elina Svitolina

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Day 5 of the 2021 French Open marked the end of the second round matches. Top guns including defending champion Iga Swiatek, Elina Svitolina and Sofia Kenin were in action. All three of them won their matches in straight sets but 2019 Champion Ash Barty had to retire mid match due to an injury.

Sublime Svitolina sails into the third round

Elina Svitolina
Elina Svitolina

Starting the day’s proceedings on Court Suzanne Lenglen, World No.6 Elina Svitolina wasted little time in advancing to the third round of the French Open with a 6-0,6-4 demolition of American Ann Li. World No.75, Li struggled to create opportunities to break the 26-year-old Ukrainian, who won 12 of her 14 first-serve points to claim an opening-set bagel in just 29 minutes.

Svitolina cruises to Round 3 👏 pic.twitter.com/EnH436BqFh

— US Open Tennis (@usopen) June 3, 2021

The American got on the scoreboard early in the second set and opened up a surprise 3-0 lead with a string of forehand winners. But Svitolina soon found another gear as she reeled off five straight games to book a place in the third round.

Barty out of the tournament

Asheligh Barty
Asheligh Barty

World No.1, Ash Barty withdrew from the French Open during her second round match due to the resurfacing of her prolonged hip injury. The Aussie trailed 6-1,2-2 when she returned to her chair and signalled she was not able to continue against Polish rival Magda Linette on Chatrier.

Magda Linette progresses to the third-round after 2019 Champion Ashleigh Barty retires due to injury, 6-1, 2-2 [ret].

The Pole meets Ons Jabeur next. #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/qZvFBe3GaL

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 3, 2021

Kenin continues her good run on Parisian Clay

Sofia Kenin
Sofia Kenin

2020 runner-up Sofia Kenin eased into the third round of the French Open with a 7-5,6-3 victory over fellow American Hailey Baptiste. The No.4 seed, who has been struggling with form this Clay season, notably losing all of her three matches on clay before Roland Garros, will next face another American 28th seed Jessica Pegula.

Swiatek thrashes Peterson

Iga Swiatek
Iga Swiatek

Dominant as ever, defending champion Iga Swiatek stormed into the third round on Thursday with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Sweden’s Rebecca Peterson. In the two matches she has played, Swiatek has dropped just 7 games and has held 14 of 16 service games and has broken serve in 11 of 16 return games. She has won 70% points in the first round and 86% points in the second while returning on the second serve.

She’s dropped just seven games…@iga_swiatek continues to roll, ousting Peterson 6-1, 6-1. Up next in the third round, Kontaveit.#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/mWV57zmYnT

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 3, 2021

Other results:

  • Anett Kontaveit defeated Kristina Mladenovic (6-2,6-0)
  • Jennifer Brady defeated Fiona Ferro (6-4,2-6,7-5)
  • Coco Gauff defeated Wang Qiang (6-3,7-6)
  • Maria Sakkari defeated Jasmine Paolini (6-2,6-3)
  • Sloane Stephens defeated Karolina Pliskova (7-5,6-1)
  • Jessica Pegula defeated Tereza Martincova (6-3,6-3)

Also read: French Open 2021: Day 5- Federer, Djokovic, Berrettini advance into the third round; Karatsev knocked out

Tags: Ashleigh BartyIga Swiatek
Lakshya Chopra

Lakshya Chopra

Lakshya Chopra is an aspiring sports writer who has covered various sports in the last few years. An engineer by profession, his passion for sports has driven him closer to the media industry with each passing day. He has been working at FirstSportz for over two years and initially headed the tennis team for two full seasons. Having written almost 2500 articles for the organization, he is currently the content manager of the NFL section. From Rafael Nadal's prime to Novak Djokovic's rise to Tom Brady's magical comebacks, he has seen it all.

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