Magda Linette was eliminated in the first round of the Roland-Garros Grand Slam tournament. Seeded 21st, the Polish tennis player lost Sunday in Paris against the Canadian Leylah Fernandez 3:6, 6:1, 3:6. The meeting lasted two hours and 11 minutes.
These players have already faced each other on the Parisian courts. In 2020, Fernandez also won in the first round. The Canadian is ranked 49th in the world rankings.
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Linette, despite the placement, was unlucky in the draw. From the start, we knew that a difficult match awaited her with Fernandez, 20, because she already has valuable results. In 2021, she had reached the final of the US Open, and a year ago in Paris she had stopped in the quarter-finals.
Linette started the match well and after several minutes led 3:1. From then on, however, Fernandez dominated the field. She won the next five matches and the first set fell to her.
The Pole decided to take a break. It had a good effect, because she returned to a good game. She started the second set with a 3:0 lead, but this time she didn’t let her rival make up for the losses and tied the result.
In the deciding set, Linette lost a break point in games three and seven. Fernandez got off the hook and called the shot. In the eighth game, she got a break, which proved to be crucial for the fate of the match. A few minutes later, using the second match ball, the Canadian closed the match.
Earlier on Sunday, Magdalena Fręch advanced to the second round, beating 29th seed Shuai Zhang 6:1, 6:1.
On Tuesday, Iga Świątek, defending champion and world ranking leader, will join the competition. Her rival will be the Spaniard Cristina Bucsa.
Result of the match of the 1st round in singles:
Leylah Fernandez (Canada) v Magda Linette (Poland, 21) 6:3, 1:6, 6:3
CM, PAP
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