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Patna : World No 7 and 2017 US Open Champion Sloane Stephens, USA, beat World No 19 and 2016 French Open Champion Garbine Muguruza, Spain, 6-4, 6-3 in 1 hr 41 minute in the 4th round at Roland Garros, Paris, France, to enter the women’s singles quarter-finals (QFs) of French Open. Stephens won 4 break points to 2 by Muguruza. Stephens, the 7th seed, won 4 games in a row in the match to 2 by Muguruza, the 19th seed.
World No 26 Johanna Konta, 28, UK, beat World N0 24 Donna Vekic, 22, Croatia, 6-2, 6-4 to enter the QFs. Konta fired 7 Aces in the match to just 1 by Vekic. Konta won 5 break points to 2 by Vekic.
World No 31 Petra Martic, 28, Croatia, beat World No 88 Kaia Kanepi, 33, Estonia, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 to reach the QFs of the clay court event. Martic won 7 break points in the match to 5 by Kanepi. Martic won 6 games in a row to 4 by Kanepi.
World No 38 Marketa Vondrousova, 19, Czech Republic, beat World No 12 Anastasija Sevastova, 29, Latvia, 6-2, 6-0 to reach the QFs. Vondrousova won 6 break points in the match to just 1 by Sevastova.
World No 10 Serena Williams, USA, lost to World No 35 Sofia Kenin, USA, 2-6, 5-7 in the 3rd round on June 1, 2019, night.