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Patna Top seed Simona Halep, 28, Romania, 10th seed Victoria Azarenka, 31, Belarus, and 16th seed Elise Mertens, 24, Belgium, entered the women’s singles 2nd round at French Open at Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France, on September 27, 2020.
Simona Halep, who won the Italian Open singles title last recently, beat Sara Sorribes Tormo, 23, Spain, in first round. Simona, the winner of two Grand Slam singles titles, won 6 break points in the match to 2 by the Painiard. The Romanian won 10 games in a row in the match to 2 by Tormo. Simona won 63 points to 40 by Tormo.
Azarenka, who reached the US Open final and QFs of Italian Open recently, brushed aside Danka Kovinic, 25, Montenegro, 6-1, 6-2 in first round winning 4 break points in the match besides 5 games in a row. None of the two players served any Ace in the match. Azarenka won 52 points to 26 by Kovinic, who had reached Round of 16 at Italian Open..
Merten, who had reached Italian Open QFs a few days back, beat Margarita Gasparyan, 26, Russia, 6-2, 6-3 in first round to set up a 2nd round match against Kaia Kanepi, 35, Estonia. Mertens won 7 break points in the match to 4 by Gasparyan. Both the players committed 3 double faults each. None of the two players served any Ace in the match. The Belgian won 5 games in a row in the match to 2 by Gasparyan.
Kanepi beat Marie Bouzkova, 22, Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 in first round rallying back from one set down. Both the players served 3 Aces each in the match. Kanepi committed 8 double faults in the match to none by Bouzkova. Kanepi won 6 break points to 4 by Bouzkova.