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Romania has three representatives in the third round at Roland Garros. Thus, after Simona Halep, Patricia Țig and Irina Bara also qualified.
Patricia Ţig, classified for the first time in the third round of Roland Garros
Romanian tennis player Patricia Ţig qualified for the first time in the third round of a Grand Slam tournament on Thursday at Roland Garros, after defeating Christina McHale (USA) 6-4, 6-3, according to Agerpres. .
Ţig (26, 59 WTA), who had not passed the first round in a Grand Slam competition until the US Open in September, won after one hour and 36 minutes.
Patricia Ţig won the first game, tied and then broke 4-1. McHale (28 years old, 81 WTA) managed to come back and tie, 4-4, but the Romanian did her job, and then finished with a break (6-4).
In the second act, the two players did their job on the first five balls, with Patricia who broke her balance and broke at 5-2. McHale approached 5-3, with Ţig closing the scores 6-3.
The Romanian had better percentages in both serves, she was better in the use of break balls (3/4 vs 1/6). Patricia had several direct winning balls, 25-12, while the unforced errors showed a balance, 27-28.
Ţig got a check for 126,000 euros and 130 WTA points. Her next rival will be the winner between the Kazakh Elena Ribakina, the fourteenth favorite, and the French Fiona Ferro.
Remarkable performance of newcomer Irina Bara. Five consecutive wins, no lost sets
Irina Bara also qualified for the third round of the Grand Slam tournament at Roland Garros, after the Belgian Alison van Uytvanck gave up the score of 6-1, 4-0 and 30-0 for our representative.
Bara, who is on the main board for the first time in a Grand Slam, achieved his fifth consecutive victory in Paris, obtaining three in the qualifiers, without losing a set in all these matches.
Irina Bara (25 years old, 142 WTA) was declared the winner on Thursday after only 48 minutes, van Uytvanck (26 years old, 65 WTA), who needed the intervention of the doctor after the first set, giving up the fight.
The game was practically without history, being eloquent figures, 6-22 in unforced errors, 46-19 in points, without a break for the Belgian.
The bar got a check for 126,000 euros and 170 WTA points.
Her next rival will be American Sofia Kenin (21 years, 6 WTA), fourth seed, after the Australian Open champion defeated Ana Bogdan 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. El Bara is the third Romanian player to reach the third round, after Simona Halep (6-3, 6-4 with Irina Begu, on Wednesday) and Patricia Ţig (6-4, 6-3 with Christina McHale).
Halep, in the third round after defeating Begu. He will face the one he eliminated last year in Paris
Simona Halep, the top seed, defeated Irina Begu 6-3, 6-4, on Wednesday, in a Romanian duel held in the second round of the Grand Slam tennis tournament at Roland Garros, reports Agerpres.
Halep (29, 2 WTA) closed the accounts in one hour and 23 minutes.
In the third round, Simona will face Amanda Anisimova (19 years old, 29 WTA), who defeated her compatriot Bernarda Pera 6-2, 6-0, in just 57 minutes on Wednesday.
Halep and Anisimova met only once, last year, in the Roland Garros quarter-finals, and the American won surprisingly 6-2, 6-4.
Publisher: Liviu Cojan
