The fourth tennis player in the world, Elena Ribakina, qualified for the round of 2 of Roland Garros in Paris today, beating Belgian Elise Mertens 0:6 in sets (4-6, 2-XNUMX).
The Kazakh started the match badly, losing two breaks in a row, but managed to respond to the serve of Mertens, ranked 27 in the world, to turn the score in the first set.
After winning the first set, Ribakina, winner of Wimbledon in 2022, had no problem showing superiority over her opponent under the roof of the "Susan-Lenglen" court, the only one besides "Philippe-Chatrier" that can be protected in case of rain in Paris.
Ribakina achieved her best result at Roland Garros in 2021, when she reached the quarterfinals.
In the fight to repeat that success, she will face a match in the round of 19 against Ukrainian Elina Svitolina (64th ranked tennis player in the world) or Romanian Ana Bogdan (XNUMX).
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