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ROLAND GARROS – Three more Canadian in the mix, but the success rate wasn’t quite what it was on Mondal.
The gods were smiling again – sort of.
Marino and Mboko played on adjacent courts, with Marino ahead by about 45 minutes. But she didn’t have it – at all. Mboko, after a bit of a slow start she acribed to nerves, got on a roll.
Also returning from the vapors of nowhere: Mihaela Buzarnescu.
(Paris is six hours ahead of EDT).
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Roland Garros
Qualifying, first round
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Final results
Canadian Content
Kathinka VON DEICHMANN (LIE) def [7] Rebecca MARINO (CAN) 61 60
Patricia Maria TIG (ROU) def. Kayla CROSS (CAN) 64 62
Extra time
Anouk KOEVERMANS (NED) def. [8] Anastasia ZAKHAROVA (RUS) 67 (6) 75 76 [11-9]
Guiomar MARISTANY ZULETA (ESP) def. Barbora PALICOVA (CZE) 46 62 76 [10-3]
Upsets
Miriam BULGARU (ROU) def. [13] Nuria PARRIZAS DIAZ (ESP) 61 76 (9)
Sara ERRANI (ITA) def [19] Jule NIEMEIER (GER) 06 76 (4) 62
Veronika ERJAVEC (SLO) def [21] Darja SEMENISTAJA (LAT) 26 63 64
Seeds advancing
[5] Mananchaya SAWANGKAEW (THA) def Lizette CABRERA (AUS) 64 62
[6] Taylor TOWNSEND (USA) def Sara SAITO (JPN) 76 (1) 76 (6)
[9] Solana SIERRA (ARG) def. Susan BANDECCHI (SUI) 76 (5) 63
[18] Maria Lourdes CARLE (ARG) def [WC] Eleejah INISAN (FRA) 62 61
[20] Maja CHWALINSKA (POL) def. [WC] Cindy LANGLAIS (FRA) 64 46 60
[22] Francesca JONES (GBR) def Lea BOSKOVIC (CRO) 62 63
[23] Talia GIBSON (AUS) def [PR] Mihaela BUZARNESCU (ROU) 62 63
[26] Daria SAVILLE (AUS) def Heather WATSON (GBR) 76 (2) 62
[27] Leyre ROMERO GORMAZ (ESP) def [PR] Darya ASTAKHOVA (RUS) 61 61
[29] Xiyu WANG (CHN) def Selena JANICIJEVIC (FRA) 16 61 62
[30] Shuai ZHANG (CHN) def [PR] Storm HUNTER (AUS) 63 62
Other results (in alphabetical order)
Nuria BRANCACCIO (ITA) def Arianne HARTONO (NED) 64 63
Hanna CHANG (USA) def Leonie KUNG (SUI) 64 60
[PR] Anna-Lena FRIEDSAM (GER) def [WC] Ksenia EFREMOVA (FRA) 61 75
[PR] Kaja JUVAN (SLO) def Lanlana TARARUDEE (THA) 75 63
Katarzyna KAWA (POL) def Tessah ANDRIANJAFITRIMO (FRA) 64 63
Linda KLIMOVICOVA (POL) def Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE) 64 64
Justina MIKULSKYTE (LTU) def. Ekaterina MAKAROVA (RUS) 64 76 (4)
Mai HONTAMA (JPN) def Elena PRIDANKINA (RUS) 62 75
[WC] Daphnée MPETSHI PERRICARD (FRA) def. Gabriela KNUTSON (CZE) 64 63
Julia RIERA (ARG) def. Valentina RYSER (SUI) 26 64 61
Astra SHARMA (AUS) def Emina BEKTAS (USA) 60 60
Daria SNIGUR (UKR) def Mariam BOLKVADZE (GEO) 63 60
Simona WALTERT (SUI) def Raluka SERBAN (CYP) 63 75