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Félix Auger-Aliassime et Leylah Fernandez seront de la deuxième semaine d'activités aux Internationaux de France. Les deux Québécois ont franchi avec succès ...

La jeune Américaine de 19 ans Coco Gauff a pour sa part inscrit une victoire aisée face à Kaia Kanepi (6-3 et 6-4) et elle retrouvera en huitièmes de finales Elise Mertens, qui a défait Varvara Gracheva (6-2 et 6-3). Sloane Stephens, ancienne championne des Internationaux des États-Unis, a vaincu la jeune Diane Parry 6-2 et 6-3. La première tête de série a enregistré une autre victoire en trois manches, disposant du Slovène Aljaz Bedene 6-3, 6-3 et 6-2. C’était un match difficile et je pense que la différence aujourd’hui a été de me faire confiance quand ça comptait le plus. « Je pense que c’est formidable pour le sport, a-t-elle dit au sujet de la confrontation des jeunes. Anisimova menait 6-7 (7), 6-2 et 3-0 lorsque Muchova a lancé la serviette. Elle l’a emporté en trois manches de 7-5, 3-6 et 7-5 contre une rivale classée 14e tête d’affiche. Elle a ainsi vengé sa compatriote Bianca Andreescu, vaincue par Bencic au tour précédent.

Leylah Annie Fernandez overturned a final-set deficit to beat Belinda Bencic 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 and reach the fourth round of the French Open.

“That’s normal, because I want to reproduce what I did in the US Open over and over again. In the time since New York, Fernandez has seen her profile transformed in Canada and a flurry of endorsements have followed. What we want to do is just to get better, because that’s the beauty of tennis, that we have a tournament every week and I can just keep working on some technical things, some tactical things. But as Fernandez described her first five months of the season as “up and down”, she assessed her progress with striking maturity. It has been eight months since two teenagers, Fernandez and Emma Raducanu, faced off in the US Open final and it is not only Raducanu whose experiences have demonstrated the complicated nature of following up a breakthrough result. For a short while during a cool afternoon on the vast Court Philippe Chatrier, it would have been fair to assume that Belinda Bencic was moving away with her third-round match at speed.

Canada's Leylah Fernandez is off to the fourth round of the French Open. The U.S. Open runner-up from Montreal beat Olympic gold medallist Belinda Bencic of ...

Carlos Alcaraz displayed deft drop shots and plenty of other skillful strokes to become the youngest man in the French Open's fourth round since Novak Djokovic in 2006. The young American is trying to improve on her quarterfinal run at Roland Garros a year ago. Auger-Aliassime fired 16 aces in the three-hour match. "I think it's great for the sport," she said of the youthful matchup. "I was expecting a tough match today and it was," Auger-Aliassime said. "I am glad that I was able to trust it enough for me to keep going and keep executing the game plan." But of course it's very difficult." Stephens will play No. 23 Jil Teichmann, who advanced by defeating two-time Grand Slam champion Victoria Azarenka 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5). "I think it's great to see that all of us are improving every year. She had saved two set points in the opener. Auger-Aliassime advances to the round of 16 at Roland Garros Fernandez reaches the round of 16 at Roland Garros for the 1st time in her career

It was an early start once again for Canadian tennis fans watching round three of the French Open. Two Quebec natives Leylah Annie Fernandez and Félix ...

Anisimova and Fernandez have gone head-to-head at the BNP Paribas Open, where the American was forced to retire from the match before the third set. Fernandez has struggled to get back to her full form since winning the 2022 Monterrey Open back in March of this year. In the second round of Roland Garros, Bencic was able to secure her spot in this match by beating Canadian and 2019 US Open Champion Bianca Andreescu.

Fernandez affrontera la jeune Américaine de 20 ans Amanda Anisimova, qui a atteint les demi-finales à Roland Garros en 2019.

Un peu plus tard en soirée, la jeune sensation espagnole Carlos Alcaraz (no 6) a dominé l'Américain Sebastian Korda (no 27) en trois manches de 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. Ce sera sans doute un adversaire coriace, a souligné Djokovic. Je frappe bien la balle alors j'ai hâte de relever le défi.» L'Américaine a été finaliste en 2018 après avoir triomphé à Flushing Meadows l'année précédente. «Je pense que c'est formidable pour le sport, a-t-elle dit au sujet de la confrontation des jeunes. Ou encore au début du troisième set lorsqu'elle a effacé un déficit de 0-2. Je sais qu'il veut le meilleur pour moi, mais actuellement, il aide un autre joueur.» La Presse Canadienne Elle l'a emporté en trois manches de 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 contre une rivale classée 14e tête d'affiche. Elle a ainsi vengé sa compatriote Bianca Andreescu, vaincue par Bencic au tour précédent. Nadal, lui, a éliminé le Néerlandais Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. Anisimova menait 6-7 (7), 6-2, 3-0 lorsque Muchova a lancé la serviette. Je ne pense pas qu'il sera capable de souhaiter ma défaite, mais c'est un professionnel et il entraîne un autre joueur, a déclaré Rafael Nadal. Ce n'est pas une histoire à mes yeux. Mais c'est évident que ce sera très difficile.»

PARIS — Canada's Leylah Fernandez and Felix Auger-Aliassime have advanced to the fourth round of the French Open.

"I was expecting a tough match today and it was," Auger-Aliassime said. "We can bring more young fans to tennis … to enjoy the matches and hopefully they can pick up a tennis racket. Auger-Aliassime fired 16 aces in the three-hour match. “It was an incredible fight and I think today it was just trusting my game when it mattered most," Fernandez said. "I think it’s great to see that all of us are improving every year. She had saved two set points in the opener.

There will be other struggles but champions tend to be the players who always find their game again. The Canadian defeated reigning Olympic gold medallist ...

Bencic served a higher percentage (69 per cent to 57 for Fernandez) but the young Canadian won a higher percentage of first-serve points. To get to the second week on the tricky red clay of Roland Garros can only boost Fernandez’s confidence. - After losing the second set and all the momentum, she jumped ahead with a service break in the third to lead 5-3, and was serving for the match at 5-4. “It was tough match, particularly when I have to get used to playing in a venue that’s this big,” Fernandez said. - Instead, Fernandez broke the Swiss star, then served out the match to capture her biggest triumph of 2022. It was a bumpy roller-coaster outing for Fernandez, but in the end she came out on top — 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 — in a hard-fought match that lasted nearly three hours. The 27th seeded Anisimova advanced after Karolina Muchova retired with an injury in the third set. Since rocketing into prominence last year, Fernandez has added major sponsors Lululemon and Morgan Stanley, all while dealing with new expectations. That and a willingness to bring the audience into the match were all indications Fernandez has found her game again in the second major of the year. I’m really happy to play my game and to play so well in Paris.” It’s just that, well, after her thrilling success at Flushing Meadows, we all kind of expected she would deliver more of the same immediately. Of course, that’s kind of a ridiculous statement, isn’t it?

PARIS — Canada's Leylah Fernandez is moving on to the fourth round of the French Open. The 19-year-old Montreal native outlasted Olympic gold medallist ...

"I was expecting a tough match today and it was," Auger-Aliassime said. "We can bring more young fans to tennis … to enjoy the matches and hopefully they can pick up a tennis racket. Auger-Aliassime fired 16 aces in the three-hour match. “It was an incredible fight and I think today it was just trusting my game when it mattered most," Fernandez said. "I think it’s great to see that all of us are improving every year. She had saved two set points in the opener.