Roland Garros-2017: Halep went Svitolina, heavy pliskova to win

In Paris continues 116th version of the Open championship of France on tennis.

The main favorite of the tournament Simona Halep for the first time in five matches on clay, beat Carla Suarez-Navarro, and he did it very convincingly. Romanian lost only two games and the second time in his career he reached the quarterfinals of Roland Garros, where he will play with his offender on the ending of the tournament in Rome a Ukrainian Elina Svitolina. The match Halep missed because of an ankle injury – now the situation has turned 360 degrees: it is known that Svitolina will enter the quarterfinals on analgesic injections, in order to dampen back pain.

The second racket of the world of Karolina Pliskova for the first time made it to the quarterfinals of Roland Garros and was two wins away from the status of the first racket of the world. Czech barely beat a sensational tennis player from Paraguay Veronica Cepede. Pliskova failed the first set and in the second game when the score was 2:3 played double break-point.

In the quarterfinal, Pliskova will play against Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, which thanks to a victory over Alize cornet for the first time to enter the top 20 of the WTA rankings.

The results of the matches of the fourth round:

Carla Suarez-Navarro (Spain, 21) – Simona Halep (Romania, 3) – 1:6, 1:6

Caroline Garcia (France) – Alize Cornet (France) – 6:2, 6:4

Elina Svitolina (Ukraine, 5) – Petra Martic (Croatia) — 4:6, 6:3, 7:5

Veronica Cepede (Paraguay) – Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic, 2) – 6:2, 3:6, 4:6

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