Australian wildcard Daria Saville has reached the third round at Roland Garros with a surprise against two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova.
After the first round victory over Valentini Grammatikopoulou of Greece, Saville, the world number 127, made a very efficient performance to win in sets followed by 6-4, 6-2 and become the only player in Australia in singles who passed the second. round to Paris.
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Saville, 28, had only seven unforced errors against his Czech rival, while Kivitova accumulated many errors in the statistics sheet.
After long periods off the field after Achilles surgery, the Australian will receive a boost in the rankings with the unexpected victory, in her quest to become the No. 1 player in Australia after the withdrawal of Ash Barty.
Gavrilova got the shock victory. (Stan)
Saville remains the only individual representative in the draw after Ajla Tomljanovic fell short in a tight three-set against Varvara Gracheva, losing 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 5-7, while male qualifier Jason Kubler was eliminated by rising British star Cameron Norrie.
Meanwhile, US Open champion Emma Raducanu is out of Roland Garros in the second round.
Raducanu lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 to end his tournament debut.
The 19-year-old Raducanu broke Sasnovich in the fifth game of the first set, hitting the consecutive reverse winners followed by a right to get it.
Sasnovich was unable to convert three times to break his opponent in the first set, but took advantage of two breaks to start the second, when the 47th-ranked player also won 12 of 14 service points.
Raducanu continues his slide since his victory at the US Open. (Getty)
The 12th seed, Raducanu, was unable to turn five break-points into a 1-1 draw in the third set, as Sasnovich recorded his 16th win of his career over a top 20 player.
Raducanu, who also lost to Sasnovich at Indian Wells last year in the Briton’s first game after winning the title at Flushing Meadows, had 17 winners and 33 unforced errors at Court Suzanne Lenglen.
Sasnovich advanced to the third round at Roland-Garros for the first time. This is his seventh appearance.
Former Grand Slam champions Angelique Kerber and Victoria Azarenka also advanced to the third round.
Kerber, who won her first clay court title in six years on the eve of the French Open, defeated 2020 French junior and wildcard champion Elsa Jacquemot 6-1, 7-6 (7 / 2) while looking for the only Grand Slam he is missing. collection.
Belarus’ Azarenka also reached the third round by beating Andrea Petkovic 6-1, 7-6 (3).
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