In Paris completed the first week of the Open championship of France on tennis.
Serena Williams successfully passed their first serious examination at the Paris major local player Kristina Mladenovic over two hours has actively resisted the first racket of the world. In the second set, the Frenchwoman was close to success, but at the tiebreak lost the advantage in three goals. For the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open Serena Williams will face Ukrainian Elina Svitolina.
Venus Williams for the first time since 2010 and second time in the last 13 years made it to the fourth round of Roland Garros. The sevenfold winner of tournaments of the Grand slam in a difficult match put the squeeze on Alize cornet, and the next opponent will be American Timaeus Alan.
Definitely the most dramatic match of the day played Quique Bernets and Darya Kasatkina. Russian, conceding 2:5, on someone else’s submission won back two match-Bola. Then, Bertens twice did not allow the opponent to file and point in a tense battle was staged in the 18th game.
See also: Roland Garros-2016: Serena Williams easily makes out another victory
The results of the matches of the third round:
Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain, 12) — Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia, 22) — 6:4, 3:6, 6:1
Pauline Parmentier (France) — Timea Alan (Switzerland, 8) — 4:6, 2:6
Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) — Karin Knapp (Italy) — 6:1, 6:1
Serena Williams (USA, 1) — Kristina Mladenovic (France, 26) — 6:4, 7:6 (10)
Venus Williams (USA, 9) — Alize cornet (France) — 7:6 (5), 1:6, 6:0
Kiki, Bertens (Netherlands) Darya Kasatkina (Russia, 29) — 6:2, 3:6, 10:8
Monica Puig (Puerto Rico) — Madison keys (USA, 15) — 6:7, 3:6
