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Elena Rybakina (11th of the WTA) went to the round of 16 Roland Garros after beating Jelena Ostapenko (21st), with a forceful 6-2 and 6-2 in an hour and 16 minutes of play.

The first set of the game was very irregular, with many mistakes on both sides. Without going any further, the native of Riga had seven double offenses, five of them just in the initial game.

The kazaja and the letona had already faced five times in the circuit. With three victories, all consecutively, and two losses. Davide Sanguinetti’s pupil leads a tight history that had its first duel in Linz 2019. The last antecedent between the two had occurred in Cincinnati 2023.

Moscow’s born, but representing Kazakhstan, accumulates a streak of Seven consecutive victories After conquering His novel title as a professional in Strasbourg. The funny thing is that although she is a player who works better on fast courts, Four of his nine trophies won them on brick dust (Bucharest 2019, Rome 2023, Stuttgart 2024 and Strasbourg 2025).

Roland Garros 2017 champion, on the other hand, had her best performance in this 2025 in the Stuttgart WTA 500 when He won the title after leaving Iga Swiatek on the way, and beating the number 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the final.

In addition to fighting for the title, Rybakina will seek in this edition of Roland Garros Return to Top Ten. After a rather irregular start, he could not defend important points in the ranking and was relegated.

For now, on his way he already has his confirmed rival: IGA Swiatek (5th). The history is matched with four victories per side, although the last two, both during this season, They were left to the defender champion. However, the only two duels on brick dust went to Elena: in the semifinals of Stuttgart 2024 and in the quarterfinals of Rome 2023 (the Polish retired in the final set).

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