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French Open 2017: Women’s results – Second round

By Dave Stevenson

Jun 1, 2017; Paris, France; Daria Kasatkina (RUS) reacts during her match against Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) (not pictured) match on day five of the 2017 French Open tennis tournament at Stade Roland Garros. Mandatory Credit: Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 1, 2017; Paris, France; Daria Kasatkina (RUS) reacts during her match against Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) (not pictured) match on day five of the 2017 French Open tennis tournament at Stade Roland Garros. Mandatory Credit: Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports /
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Thursday’s action on the women’s side of the French Open bracket saw some very close matches. Let’s recap all the action from Day 5.

The French Open is quickly starting to come to an end. It feels like only yesterday the matches began. But Thursday is already the fifth day and the second round is nearly complete. The biggest upset of the day came when Madison Keys lost to Petra Matric despite Keys winning the first set. Ranked 15th, she lost four of the last 16 games after taking the first set.

Another upset came when Veronica Cepde Royg topped the 16th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in three sets. Alize Cornet and Magda Linette completed the day of upsets by beating 20th seed Barbora Strycova and 29th seed Ana Konjuh respectively.

Second seed Karolina Pliskova, the top remaining seed in the tournament, got a scare from Ekaterina Alexandrova after she won the second set. However, the former beat the latter in the deciding third set 6-3. Third seed Simona Halep had no issues with Tatjana Maria, beating her in straight sets.

#2 Karolina Pliskova def. Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
#3 Simona Halep def. Tatjana Maria 6-4, 6-3
#5 Elina Svitolina def. Tsvetana Pironkova 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
#9 Agnieszka Radwanska def. Alison Van Uytvanck 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-3
Petra Martic def. #12 Madison Keys 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
#14 Elena Vesnina def. Varvara Lepchenko 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
Veronica Cepede Royg def. #16 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-6(7), 2-6, 6-4
#17 Anastasija Sevastova def. Eugenie Bouchard 6-3, 6-0
Alize Cornet def. #20 Barbora Strycova 6-4, 6-1
#21 Carla Suarez Navarro def. Sorana Cirstea 7-5, 6-4
#26 Daria Kasatkina def. Marketa Vondrousova 7-6(1), 6-4
#28 Caroline Garcia def. Chloe Paquet 7-5, 6-4
Magda Linette def. #29 Ana Konjuh 6-0, 7-5

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The field is starting to shape up after the fifth day. 10th seed Venus Williams is the biggest draw for Friday’s action as she faces Elise Mertens. Svetlana Kuznetsova is coming off a less than ideal performance on Wednesday. As the eighth seed, she’ll face Oceane Dodin on Friday.

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