One of the favorites of the competition, Olena Rybakina (4 WTA), managed to qualify for the third round of Roland Garros, defeating Linda Noskova (50 WTA) with a score of 6-3, 6-3.

Olena RybakinaPhoto: Aaron Favila/AP/Profimedia

Linda Noskova left Elena Rybakina at Roland Garros

The player from Kazakhstan, seeded under number 4, had an easy match in the company of the 18-year-old Czech.

The winner of Wimbledon-2022 Rybakina finished the match after only one hour and 28 minutes in two identical sets.

In the third round, Olena Rybakina will meet the Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo (132 WTA), who managed to overcome the much better ranked Petru Martic (38 WTA), after 6-4, 6-1.

The Roland Garros tournament takes place from May 28 to June 11, has a total prize pool of 49.6 million euros, and is the 127th tournament. Iga Sviatek and Rafael Nadal (14-time winner in Paris) became the champions of the title.