After Djokovic finished at 3 a.m. in marathon match, top women advanced with little trouble.
Coco Gauff of the U.S. clenches her fist after scoring a point against Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto during their fourth round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Sunday, June 2, 2024. Defending champion Iga Swiatek swept into the quarterfinals at Roland Garros in just 40 minutes after a crushing 6-0, 6-0 win against Anastasia Potapova.
Swiatek won 48-10 in points without even facing a game point against her. The match ended when Potapova hit a forehand into the net on the first match point.Their match started at around 11 a.m. on Court Philippe Chatrier.Swiatek said late finishes don’t just end with the match and are not healthy. “Unfortunately in the last couple of days I started feeling not well, eating not well. Last night I did not get an hour of sleep. It’s very tough to be honest. Especially when you want to play good you have to try to keep everything inside,” she said. “But unfortunately if you keep it inside it doesn’t go away, it just keeps growing. The stress inside my body kept growing and unfortunately today was the day when it exploded.”“Yesterday I spent all day on site because I had doubles.
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