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Kevin Anderson in action at the 2020 Western & Southern Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
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South Africa’s challenge in men’s singles and doubles has ended at Roland Garros after the former two-time Grand Slam finalist Kevin Anderson he lost to Russian Andrey Rublev, 13th seed, in straight sets in the third round on Saturday in Paris.
Rublev, 22, failed to give the former South African world number 5 a chance to fight his way to his second ATP Head2Head encounter, winning 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 in one hour and 34 minutes on the Simonne court. . -Mathieu.
World No. 12 Rublev never let Anderson settle down, breaking in South Africa’s first service games of the first and second sets. Rublev, dictating every play beyond four shots, particularly with his powerful forehand, broke twice in the decider: at 2-2, when Anderson hit and double-faulted, then at 3-5, when the Russian scored a forehand.
Rublev was incredibly efficient on serve, dropping just four points on the first serve and eight on his second pitch. Anderson, who had attempted to reach the round of 16 in Paris for the fifth time, hit 13 aces and made 33 unforced errors.
South Africa’s other singles contestant, Lloyd Harris, lost in the second round to Italian 7th-seed Matteo Berrettini on Thursday.
In the doubles event, 10th-seeded South Africa Raven Klaasen and her Austrian doubles partner Oliver Marach were knocked out of Roland Garros in the first round by the non-seeded French pair of Benjamin Bonzi and Antoine Hoang on Tuesday.
The country’s teenage sensation Kholo Montsi will fly the South African flag high when the Roland Garros Junior Championship kicks off on Sunday. The Junior event draw will take place tonight.
Wheelchair tennis ace Kgothatso Montjane has also arrived in Paris for the wheelchair tennis event that will take place from October 7 to 10 in Paris.
– Tennis South Africa
