Day 7 at Roland-Garros opened with a sad end for Elena Rybakina’s time at the French Open. The 2023 Australian Open runner-up and 2022 Wimbledon champion withdrew from her third-round match with Sara Sorribes Tormo after she said she picked up a cold in Paris.
“I was already not feeling good yesterday and the day before, so I didn’t sleep two nights and had some fever,” she said. “I really tried on the warm-up, but I feel that the right decision is to withdraw, because it’s really tough to play with these conditions.”
Rybakina, the No. 4 seed, was on an eight-match win streak before she pulled out of the competition.
Gauff rallies to win in three sets
American Coco Gauff advanced to the fourth round after she won the final two sets of a three-set match against unseeded Rebeka Masarova of Spain. Gauff lost the first set on a tight tiebreaker but cruised in the final two to pull off the win, 6(5)-7(7), 6-1, 6-1. Gauff made it to the final of the 2022 French Open where she lost to Iga Świątek.
Ruud beats Zhang
The No. 4 seed out of Norway lost his opening set to unseeded Zhang Zhizhen of China, but Ruud found his groove to win the final three sets and advance to the fourth round in a 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4 victory. Ruud made it to the finals in last year’s French Open before he lost to Rafael Nadal.
Other notable results
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No. 6 Holder Rune beat Genaro Alberto Olivieri in three sets, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3. The 20-year-old Dane advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2022 French Open and the fourth round of the 2023 Australian Open.
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No. 27 Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan defeated Thiago Seyboth Wild in five sets after he won the final two sets. Nishioka dropped the first set, almost lost the second set and lost the third set before he rallied to pull off the win, 3-6, 7(10)-6(8), 2-6, 6-4, 6-0.
