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Petra Kvitová thus remained the last Czech representative in singles. The seventh seed is waiting for the eighth finals on Monday from 11:00 at the center court with the Chinese woman Chang Shui.

The Spanish favorite Rafael Nadal advanced to the quarterfinals for the fourteenth time. The twelve-time winner of the tournament ended the surprising journey of the American young man with Czech roots Sebastian Korda with a victory 6: 1, 6: 1 and 6: 2.

Uncle and Sie Shu-wei have lost only one match this season, but this time they were not enough for the Chilean-American couple Alexa Guarachi, Desirae Krawczyk. With the fourteenth seed, they lost 4: 6 and 5: 7.

Krejčíková finished, even so it was a life tournament

For Barbora Krejčíková, her life’s journey in singles in the grand slam ended in the round of 16. The Czech tennis player lost to the qualifier Podoroska from Argentina 6: 2, 2: 6 and 3: 6. “I am very happy. The fourth round is a huge success, although I am disappointed now,” said Krejčíková, 24.

Two-time doubles grand slam champion Krejčíková started well against Podoroská. She played long balls, helped her points on the net, took the lead 3: 0 and then got the first set. “I managed to take it like any other match. I wasn’t extra nervous, and the first set looked like that. I played it clearly,” she said.

From the second set, however, the opponent improved and the Czech Republic began to make mistakes. “She got caught. As she lifts and plays high-pitched balls, it suited her better in those conditions. She fell for the lines. I lost my timing and I was already riding,” Krejčíková said.

After losing the second set, Krejčíková went to change in the tournament, as always, and at the beginning of the third set she went to the break, which she immediately lost. There was growing nervousness on both players and Krejčíková also spoiled the volley, which she certainly ended in the first set. She lost to 2: 4, then reduced to 3: 4, but couldn’t do more.

The Argentinian relaxed and finished the finish well. Krejčíková deflected three matchballs with an active game, but in the fourth she did not manage to catch the shortening behind the net.

By participating in the 4th round, Krejčíková set a new grand slam maximum in singles. Thanks to this, it will reach the world’s 100th for the first time in the new edition of the WTA rankings. “Overall, I take it that I’ve accomplished a lot of things here. More or less I’m finally, in a stupid hundred, how to put it nicely. I’ll be calmer now. I’ve been nervous about getting there, maybe it’ll be better, I’m looking forward to it on it. “

Halep lost the set for the first time

The favored Romanian girl Halepová has not lost a set in the tournament yet, but she was without a chance against the aggressively and accurately playing Šwiatek. Polka, who ranks 54th in the WTA rankings, beat her with thirty winning strokes and did not allow a single breakball.

Halepová thus perfectly repaid a crushing loss of 1: 6, 0: 6 from the same phase of last year’s French Open. “I have no words and I’m surprised that I did it against such a player. I remember last year and I’m glad how much I’ve improved since then. I’m proud of myself,” said 19-year-old Šwiateková.

“I have gained a lot of experience in the last year, I only focus on tennis and I know how to deal with the pressure,” said Polka, who also took place in the Czech Republic during the coronavirus break as part of an exhibition in Prague’s Štvanice.

Halep won three consecutive tournaments before Roland Garros, two of them after a coronavirus break on clay (Prague, Rome), and was the biggest favorite. “It’s not easy to bite, but I’m used to hard moments in my career. I still have a great year. I’ll have chocolate and the next day it will be better,” the Romanian said, picking up her Polish opponent. “It was her day. She played incredibly well and she was everywhere,” she said.

Šwiateková, who eliminated last year’s finalist Markéta Vondroušová in the first round, advanced to the quarterfinals of the grand slam tournament for the first time in her career. She is the first Polish so far in Paris after Agnieszka Radwaňská seven years ago. “I have been playing Roland Garros since I was a junior. This is a dream come true this week and I hope it will stretch,” said the Warsaw native.

In the quarterfinals, Šwiateková will face another surprise of the tournament, the qualifier Martina Trevisanová. In the eighth finals, the Italian eliminated the fifth seeded Kiki Bertens from the Netherlands twice 6: 4.

US Open winner Dominic Thiem made it to the quarterfinals in a five-hundredth battle with a domestic surprise by tournament Hugo Gaston. The 20-year-old Frenchman, who had previously eliminated Swiss Stan Wawrinka a round, was defeated by a third-placed Austrian in three and a half hours. The next rival of the finalist of the last two years will be the Argentine Diego Schwartzman.