Gabriela Ruse reached the 1/8 finals of the Roland Garros doubles tournament, defeating the pair of Kirsten Flipkens and Shelby Rogers together with Marta Kostiuk 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.

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The pair formed by Gabriela Ruse and Marta Kostiuk in the 1/8 finals of Roland Garros

Gabriela Ruse and Marta Kostiuk, the favorites at the 13th number of the Roland Garros doubles tournament, reached the 1/8 finals.

The two went in 3 sets to the pair formed by Kirsten Flipkens and Shelby Rogers at the end of the duel that the rivals had after the first set.

In two hours and 5 minutes, Gabi Ruse and Marta Kostyuk managed to close the match and get tickets to the 1/8 finals.

There, the Romanian-Ukrainian couple will meet the winner of Victoria Azarenka and Beatrice Haddad Maia and Coco Gauf and Jessica Pegula.