French Open 2022: Coco Gauff sails into third spherical, Raducanu loses

American teenager Coco Gauff superior to the third spherical of the French Open by beating Alison van Uytvanck of Belgium 6-1, 7-6 (4). The 18-year-old Gauff is attempting to enhance on her quarterfinal run on the French Open final yr — her greatest outcome at a serious.

Gauff twice fell behind by two video games within the second set however broke again each occasions. The American compelled three errors from Van Uytvanck within the tiebreaker. The 28-year-old Van Uytvanck’s greatest outcome at a Grand Slam match was reaching the quarterfinals at Roland Garros in 2015. Gauff is the youngest participant remaining within the draw and celebrated her highschool commencement this week with footage on the Eiffel Tower. U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu is out of the French Open within the second spherical.

The 19-year-old Raducanu misplaced to Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus 3-6, 6-1, 6-1. Sasnovich received 12 of 14 service factors within the second set en path to her sixteenth profession victory over a top-20 participant. The Twelfth-seeded Raducanu did not convert on 5 break-point possibilities at 1-1 within the third set. Sasnovich superior to the third spherical at Roland Garros for the primary time. This is her seventh look.

The 28-year-old Sasnovich had additionally crushed Raducanu at Indian Wells final yr within the Briton’s first match after successful the title at Flushing Meadows. Two-time Grand Slam champion Victoria Azarenka of Belarus reached the third spherical on the French Open by beating Andrea Petkovic 6-1, 7-6 (3).

The Fifteenth-seeded Azarenka had solely 13 unforced errors to Petkovic’s 42. Azarenka has twice received the Australian Open and was a semifinalist at Roland Garros in 2013. The 34-year-old Petkovic reached the French Open semifinals in 2014 however has not been past the third spherical at any Grand Slam since then. She is a five-time clay-court champion on the tour.