Roland Garros: Surprise Mihaela Buzarnescu defeats 4th seeded Elina Svitolina
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Romanian tennis player, Mihaela Buzarnescu, 31st seeded, making her French Open main draw debut, pulled off a shocking upset in the third round on Friday when she eliminated No.4 seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine, 6-3, 7-5.
The 30-year-old Romanian had never won a main draw match in a Grand Slam event before this week, but she is now into the fourth round in Paris, capping a remarkable rise from an injury-bedeviled ranking of World No.377 just 12 months ago.
Buzarnescu will face another top-tier challenge in the round of 16 when she takes on No.13 seed and 2017 US Open runner-up Madison Keys of the United States. Keys eased past No.21 seed Naomi Osaka of Japan earlier on Friday, wtatennis.com informs.
Sorana Cirstea qualifies to the doubles last 16 round
The pair made up by Sorana Cirstea (Romania) and Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spain) has qualified on Friday to the last 16 round of the women’s doubles event at Roland Garros, after defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia)/Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) 6-3, 6-2.
The match lasted one hour and 16 minutes.
For reaching this round, the winning pair will collect 240 WTA points and EUR 41,000.
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