Cocciaretto ahead, Zeppieri eliminated

Roland Garros, results

Elisabetta Cocciaretto reached the third round of Roland Garros 2023, imposing herself over Swiss qualifier Simona Waltert 6-2 6-3 in one hour is twenty-six minutes of play. Her next rival in the round of 16 will be the winner of the match between U.S. Bernarda Pera and Croatian Donna Vekic, the number 22 seed.

In contrast, no match for Giulio Zeppieri. The No. 129 ranking had to surrender in four sets to Norway’s Casper Ruud (No. 4 ranking) with a score of 6-3 6-2 4-6 7-5. Last year’s finalist in the third round will face the winner between Argentina’s Thiago Agustin Tirante (world No. 153) and China’s Zhizhen Zhang (No. 71 ATP).

What is now being staged is the 122nd edition of the French Open, one of the four tournaments that are part of the Grand Slam, the second in order of time after the Australian Open, which in 2023 was won by Serbia’s Novak Djokovic among the men and Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka among the women.

At the men’s level, the Roland Garros roll of honor sees Rafa Nadal widely in the lead: the Spaniard, who was forced to forfeit for this edition, has won 14 times, the last of which was just last year, defeating Norway’s Casper Ruud in the final with a score of 6-3, 6-3, 6-0. At 6 wins is the legendary Swede Bjorn Borg.

Among the women, 2022 was won by Iga Swiatek, who got the better of Coco Gauff in two sets (6-1, 6-3) in the final. Topping the roll of honor is Chris Evert, the U.S. outfielder who lifted the top trophy on seven occasions between 1974 and 1986.