Brazilian tennis players Thiago Wild and Beatriz Haddad won, for the second consecutive time, in the Roland Garros singles bracket, and will fight for a place in the round of 16 next Saturday (3). After eliminating world number 2 Daniil Medvedev in his debut, Thiago Wild from Paraná advanced in the tournament by overcoming this Thursday (1st) Argentine left-hander Guido Pella by 3 sets to 1 (partials 6/3, 3/6, 6/ 4 and 6/3). That’s a second win for @thiagoswild in #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/1gguitKyMs — Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 1, 2023 Bia Haddad also celebrated her first career ranking for the third round at the Parisian Grand Slam , who defeated today (1st) the Russian Diana Shnaider, by 3 sets to 1 (6/2, 5/7 and 6/4). On Saturday (3), Thiago Wild – currently 172nd in the world ranking – will face Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka (33rd). Bia Haddad (14th) will measure forces with Ekaterina Alexandrova (23rd). “I’m very happy with my game”, said Haddad, who passed easily in her debut, on Monday (29), by the German Tatjana Maria. “Everything in life has a first time. There was the first time I won a Future, I won a Challenger, I won a WTA, I entered the top 100, I entered the top 20… All of these were barriers that we evolved. It shows that we are on the way. I feel prepared for round three,” she concluded confidently. Haddad Maia reaches the third round in #RolandGarros for the first time ☝️ pic.twitter.com/UlymGtyZys — Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 1, 2023 100% Brazilian duo is in the round of 16 Who also shone on clay at Roland Garros was duo of São Paulo Luisa Stefani and Rio Grande do Sul Rafael Matos, current champions of the Australian Open. They fought an electrifying dispute with the French Harold Mayot and Dianne Py. The Brazilians saved four match-points before sealing the victory by 2 sets to 1 – 6/3, 6/7 (7/5) and 15/13 – which put them in the round of 16, on Saturday (3) , against the partnership of Chinese Shuai Zhang with Croatian Ivan Dodig. IT’S VICTOOOOOOOOO! 🎾🇺🇸Luisa Stefani and Rafael Matos win in #RolandGarros mixed doubles debut Brazilians beat Parry/Mayot 🇫🇷 2-1 (6/3, 6/7 and 15/13). of this match! 💚💛 pic.twitter.com/bST14CpnGJ — Time Brasil (@timebrasil) June 1, 2023 Ingrid Martins wins in the doubles debut debut, by 2 sets to 0 (6/2 and 6/4), the Ukraine-Romania partnership formed by Anhelina Kalinina and Irina-Camelia Begu. The next opponents will be the winners of this Friday’s match (2), between the duo of Australian Storm Huntera and Belgian Elise Mertens, against North American Emma Navarro / Danielle Collins. Schedule this Friday (2) Luisa Stefani returns to compete at 6 am (Brasília time) this Friday (2), for the second round of women’s doubles. Alongside the Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski, the Brazilian will face the duo of the Polish Katarzyna Piter with the Hungarian Dalma Galfi. Then, at 7:30 am, for the second round of the men’s doubles, Marcelo Melo from Minas Gerais, in partnership with the Australian John Pees, faces the Monegasque Hugo Nys and the Polish Jan Zielinski.
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