Jaqueline Cristian (26 years old, 60 WTA) qualified today, for the first time, in the third round at the Roland Garros tour, after passing a athlete from the Czech Republic, Sara Bejlek (19 years, 188 WTA), coming from qualifications. The Romanian athlete lost the first set without appeal, but managed “Remontada” and secured a check worth 168,000 euros. It ended 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Jaqueline Cristian is the number 1 rocket of Romania
The Romanian did not find in the first set, clearly lost, 1-6, and it seemed that the effort made last week at Rabat (Morocco), where he reached the final, would speak his word.
In the following sets, “Jaq” took over the party’s reins. With two identical sets, 6-3, managed to access the next sleeve.
For Cristian there is a terrible duel with Polish Iga Swiak (23 years old), former WTA leader, now on the 5th place. IgA has today ordered by the British half Romanian Emma Răducanu (22 years, 41 WTA), score 6-1, 6-2.
On the double double painting, Irina Begu made a pair with Belgian Yanina Wickmayer. The two passed the pair Birrell-Dart, score 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-2. Australian Kimberly Birrell had been eliminated in the first tour of Jaqueline Cristian.
Also in double, and today, the match that the Cîrstea-Kalinskaya pair had to support today was canceled, after the Romanian said for an injury. And the match of the Ruse-Kostyuk duet has been canceled.
