In the first round of the tournament, Czech Plishkov defeated Mayar Sheriff (WTA 172) in the first round with 6-7 (9:11), 6-2, 6-4 – the first Egyptian tennis player to play Grand Slam in the main event.
Pliskov’s victory was laid only in the seventh game of the third set, when he reached 4-3 with the sixth break ball.
Pliskov’s best result French Open reached three years ago when it reached the semi-finals.
It has already been reported that before that, Ostapenko, who is 43rd in the WTA rank, beat the American Madison Brengl (WTA 77) in the first round with a result of 6-2, 6-1.
Ostapenko is the fifth French Open championship in her career, and she overcame the first round only this year and in 2017, when she sensationally triumphed in the tournament and achieved one of the greatest successes in the history of Latvian sports.
Ostapenko has met with Pliskov five times in his career, winning two victories, including in the last mutual match at last year’s Beijing WTA Premier in the first round of the tournament.
Roland Garros The tournament was supposed to take place this year from May 25 to June 7, but in mid-March it was postponed to autumn and is the last of the season. Grand Slam competition.
The tournament takes place on clay.
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