No. 2 Coco Gauff vs. Marie Bouzkova<\/strong><\/p>\nHead-to-head: 2-0, Bouzkova, winning at Cincinnati in 2022 and Rome a year later.<\/p>\n
Matchups are everything in tennis. Iga Swiatek is a five-time Grand Slam champion, but she\u2019s 0-for-6 against Jelena Ostapenko, a one-time major winner. Likewise — albeit with a much smaller sample size — Bouzkova has had Gauff\u2019s number.<\/p>\n
But there is an asterisk. Gauff, then 18, rolled an ankle in that first set at Cincinnati and eventually retired 7-5, 1-0. In their only previous match on clay, Gauff won the first set, before Bouzkova rallied to win 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. Bouzkova did not face a break point the last two sets.<\/p>\n
Gauff\u2019s serve was spotty in a 6-2, 6-4 win over Czech Republic qualifier Tereza Valentova. She was broken five times by the 18-year-old. She will have to be better against Bouzkova.<\/p>\n
Underlining her consistency on clay, Gauff has now reached the third round at Roland Garros for five consecutive years, the first to do that since Maria Sharapova from 2004-08.<\/p>\n
Bouzkova was a 6-1, 6-4 winner over Sonay Kartal.<\/p>\n
No. 3 Jessica Pegula vs. Marketa Vondrousova<\/strong><\/p>\nHead-to-head: 1-0, Vondrousova, a 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 quarterfinal win at 2023 Wimbledon on her way to her first Grand Slam singles title.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been a long slog for Vondrousova since winning at Wimbledon and moving into the Top 10. Shoulder and arm injuries caused her to shut down the second half of last season, and an aborted comeback left her rehabbing for the past three months.<\/p>\n
She was ranked No. 96 upon her arrival in Paris but has put together two nice wins, the most recent a three-setter over No. 25 seed Magdalena Frech. It\u2019s easy to forget she was a finalist here in 2019.<\/p>\n
Pegula, meanwhile, was a 6-3, 7-6 (3) winner over Ann Li.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know she likes the clay,\u201d Pegula said of Vondrousova. \u201cI know always tough playing a lefty on clay. She\u2019s kind of got a spinny forehand. Really creative on the court and dropshots a lot. Has a pretty good serve.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe obviously knows how to play good tennis here at Roland Garros. I think that\u2019s going to be the trickiest part for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
No. 6 Mirra Andreeva vs. No. 32 Yulia Putintseva<\/strong><\/p>\nHead-to-head: 0-0.<\/p>\n
While the focus will be on 18-year-old Andreeva, a semifinalist here last year, Putintseva loves to play at Roland Garros.<\/p>\n
The 30-year-old from Kazakhstan is 19-11 at the French Open — her most wins in a major — and was a quarterfinalist in 2016 and 2018. Putintseva defeated qualifier Joanna Garland 7-6 (5), 6-3 to get here.<\/p>\n
Andreeva was down an early break to Ashlyn Krueger before winning 6-3, 6-4 in 73 minutes.<\/p>\n
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No. 7 Madison Keys vs. No. 31 Sofia Kenin<\/strong><\/p>\nHead-to-head: 3-1, Keys. Kenin won their only match on clay, in three sets nine years ago in Rome, while Keys has won the past three — all on hard courts.<\/p>\n
Keys was a 6-1, 6-3 winner over Katie Boulter, making her 9-for-9 this year in Grand Slam matches. This is her 13th\u00a0appearance at Roland Garros. Her best finish was the semifinals in 2018. Keys was the champion last year on the red clay in Strasbourg, her first clay title.<\/p>\n
Kenin defeated Victoria Azarenka 7-6 (5) 6-4 and looked sharp doing it. She\u2019s a former finalist here, in 2020, the same year she won the Australian Open. Kenin has won 19 matches so far this year, nine of them on clay.<\/p>\n
No. 10 Paula Badosa vs. No. 17 Daria Kasatkina<\/strong><\/p>\nHead-to-head: 3-3, with a split on clay. Badosa won 6-1, 6-1 two years ago in Stuttgart, while Kasatkina prevailed 6-4, 6-4 three years ago in Rome.<\/p>\n
Badosa, who has never failed to reach the third round here, did so for the fifth time, coming back to beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. Badosa, suffering from a fever, converted five of six break points in a 2-hour, 20-minute match.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s been many years\u00a0Top 10, Top 20,\u201d Badosa said of Kasatkina. \u201cShe\u2019s a very physical player. She likes to play with a lot of tactics. We know each other pretty well. Let’s see how it goes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kasatkina was a 6-4, 6-2 winner over French wild card Leolia Jeanjean. Making her 10th\u00a0appearance at Roland Garros, Kasatkina went as far as the semifinals in 2022 and the quarters four years earlier.<\/p>\n
Other notable matches:<\/strong><\/p>\nNo. 20 Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Veronika Kudermetova<\/p>\n
Hailey Baptiste vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro<\/p>\n
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