Tennis: Bia Haddad reaches round of 16 at Roland Garros

The Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia defeated the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova by 2 sets to 1 (5/7, 6/4 and 7/5) to move on, this Saturday (3), to the round of 16 of the Roland Garros tournament, in Paris (France). In the next phase of the Grand Slam, the São Paulo player will measure forces with the Spanish Sara Sorribes Tormo, who beat Elena Rybakina, from Kazakhstan. IT’S EIGHTYYYY FINALS! 🎾🇺🇸Bia Haddad Maia wins another one in the singles bracket at #RolandGarrosVictory over Ekaterina Alexandrova 🇷🇺, seed 23, by 2 to 1 (5/7, 6/4 and 7/5) What a great campaign for Bia until here! 👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/tptrlr8bYX — Time Brasil (@timebrasil) June 3, 2023 Also this Saturday, but in mixed doubles, Rafael Matos and Luisa Stefani overcame Croatian Ivan Dodig and Chinese Zhang Shuai by 2 sets to 0 ( double 6/2) to advance to the quarterfinals on clay in Paris. IT’S QUAAAAAARTS FINALS! 🎾🇧🇷 Luisa Stefani and Rafael Matos are in the quarterfinals in the mixed doubles at #RolandGarrosThe Brazilian duo wins Zhang Shuai 🇨🇳 and Ivan Dodig 🇭🇷 by double 6/2 What a tune from this duo! 😍 pic.twitter.com/1AtNDAUoT7 — Time Brasil (@timebrasil) June 3, 2023 Who didn’t have a good journey was Thiago Wild. For the third round of the men’s doubles, the Brazilian fell against the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka by 3 sets to 2 (3/6, 7/6, 2/6, 6/4 and 6/0). Thiago Wild loses to Yoshihito Nishioka 🇯🇵: 3 to 2 (3/6, 7/6, 2/6, 6/4 and 6/0) Great campaign by the Brazilian tennis player in #RolandGarrosThere were 5 wins on French clay, including the qualyfing 👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/9owsHaUhSP — Time Brasil (@timebrasil) June 3, 2023 Wild says goodbye to Roland Garros after two big wins in his first participation in the main draw. The Brazilian beat the Russian Daniil Medvedev, number 2 in the world, in the first round and passed the Argentine Guido Pella, former top 20, in the sequence.


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