PARIS, France – No.4 seed Garbiñe Muguruza fired a warning shot to her French Open rivals with a dominant second-round win over wildcard Myrtille Georges.
After an evenly contested start, Muguruza elevated her game to wrap up the opening set. The second proved even more one-sided, Georges picking up just five points as the Spaniard romped to a 6-2, 6-0 victory.
For five games, though, World No.204 Georges dared to dream. Liberated by her underdog status and imbued by the cries of ‘Allez’ from her compatriots, she played in a fashion that belied her lowly ranking, matching her esteemed opponent winner for winner.
La Española-Venezolana Garbiñe Muguruza dio un golpe de autoridad en 53 minutos y no dio lugar a cualquier sorpresa ante una rival que llego como invitada y que estaba clasificada 204 en el mundo…
La preclasificada 4, dio cátedra con victoria en sets corridos y con parciales de 6-2 y 6-0 para avanzar a tercer ronda del Roland-Garros…
PARIS, France – Simona Halep overcame a slow start to book her place in the third round of the French Open, defeating Zarina Diyas in straight sets on Wednesday.
Following the previous day’s upsets, Halep restored a sense of order with a 7-6(5), 6-2 win on Philippe Chatrier. However, it was far from straightforward for the No.6 seed and 2014 finalist, who surrendered serve twice to trail 4-1 in the first set.
Simona Halep tuvo un comienzo lento, pero poco a poco fue tomando control de las acciones frente a Zarina Diyas a la que termino superando 7-6 y 6-2 en partido de segunda ronda disputado en la Philippe Charter. la numero 6 tuvo que remontar un 4-1 adverso en el primer set para poder definir su estilo de juego y terminar imponiendo condiciones para avanzar a tercera ronda.