Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula among 5 American females who will play in 2nd week of French Open, no male players remain
Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula headline the five American players who will be heading into the second week of the French Open this year.
A total of five women from the United States have booked their places in the fourth round of the tournament for the first time since 2003: Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula, Madison Keys, Amanda Anisimova and Sloane Stephens.
Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Jennifer Capriati, Chanda Rubin and Lindsay Davenport reached the last 16 in 2003. Out of them, only Serena Williams and Chanda Rubin progressed to the quarterfinals.
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Pegula, seeded No. 1, reached the last 16 at Roland Garros for the first time in her career after beating last year's semifinalist and 24th seed Tamara Zidansek 6-1, 7-6(2).
The 28-year-old will face Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu for a place in the quarterfinals. A win for Pegula could see her take on World No. 1 Iga Swiatek or Zheng Qinwen in the last eight of the French Open.
Last year's quarterfinalist and 18th seed Coco Gauff continued her good run in the tournament as she beat Kaia Kanepi 6-3, 6-4. The 18-year-old will next face Elise Mertens for a place in the quarterfinals. Gauff is one of only five women who are yet to drop a set at the French Open, with the others being Iga Swiatek, Daria Kasatkina, Elise Mertens and Martina Trevisan.
Madison Keys booked her place in the last 16 after beating 16th seed Elena Rybakina. The Kazakh won the opening set but Keys rallied to win 3-6, 6-1, 7-6(3).
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@Madison_Keys reaches a first fourth round in Paris since 2019, downing Rybakina 3-6, 6-1, 7-6(3)
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The former US Open finalist will take on 29th seed Veronika Kudermetova, who won her match against Paula Badosa after the Spaniard had to retire due to injury. If Keys wins, she will face Daria Kasatkina or Camila Giorgi in the quarterfinals.
Amanda Anisimova has also looked in good touch lately and she too managed to qualify for the last 16. The 20-year-old got the better of Karolina Muchova, who was forced to retire due to an ankle injury in the third set. Anisimova will now take on last year's US Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez, who won a thrilling contest against Belinda Bencic in just under three hours.
Former French Open runner-up Sloane Stephens reached the last 16 for the fourth time in five years by beating Diane Parry 6-2, 6-3. She faces the in-form Jil Teichmann in the fourth round.
No male player from the United States has made the second week of the French Open
No male player from the United States will play in the second week of the French Open. Four players reached the third round but all of them failed to advance. John Isner came closest to qualifying but he lost a thrilling affair to Bernabe Zapata Miralles in five sets.
Sebastian Korda's run was ended by the prodigious Carlos Alcaraz while Brandon Nakashima lost to Alexander Zverev. Mackenzie McDonald enjoyed his best run at Roland Garros till date as he reached the third round. However, he lost to Jannik Sinner in three sets.