It quickly becomes a day of upheaval at Roland Garros, Italian qualifier Martina Trevisan beating fifth seed Kiki Bertens 6-4, 6-4
Playing her first Roland Garros and only her second Grand Slam tournament, Treviso’s reward for ousting her Dutch opponent is a quarter-final against Polish teenager Iga Swiatek, who beat the seed Simona Halep a few moments earlier
Bertens could only watch helplessly as Trevisan sealed the victory with a backhand lob from the baseline that rose above his opponent’s head The Italian dropped her racquet with delight as the ball fell
Ranked 159th, Trevisan fell in the first round on her Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open this year
Polish teenager Iga Swiatek ousted 2018 champion and first seed Simona Halep from Roland Garros, winning 6-1, 6-2 to reach her first Grand Slam quarter-final
Swiatek, the only teenager to reach the fourth round, avenged a crushing loss to Halep at the same stadium last year The Romanian won this game 6-1, 6-0, in just 45 minutes
Swiatek turned it around this time around She never faced a breaking point and punished Halep with her crisp basic shots and exquisite net play Swiatek’s court victory Philippe Chatrier ended to a 17 game winning streak of 17 games for Halep
After losing the first set in just 26 minutes, then losing his first service match early in the second, Halep struggled desperately to turn the tide.
She saved four break points in Game 3 and five more before being shattered again in Game 5
Swiatek hasn’t suffered any of the nerves that dulled his powerful tennis when they met last year
« I felt I was playing perfectly », she said « Even I am surprised to be able to do that »
Roland Garros organizers say two players were withdrawn from the junior girls tournament after testing positive for coronavirus
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SOURCE: https://www.w24news.com
