Roland Garros 2020 - Day 6 Women’s Singles

Day Six of Roland Garros 2020, and the crowd, though few in number, were loud in support of the comeback mounted by France’s Caroline Garcia, which saw her eliminate 16th seed Elise Mertens, and set up an exciting clash next with Elina Svitolina (3).

Two qualifiers from today are through to the final 16 - Italy’s Martina Trevisan, ranked 159, and Argentina’s Nadia Podoroska, ranked 131.

2019 champion (not defending):

Ashleigh Barty (8) who defeated Markéta Vondroušová 6-1 6-3

Third round

Simona Halep (1) defeated Amanda Anisimova (25) 6-0 6-1

Iga Swiatek defeated wildcard Eugenie Bouchard 6-3 6-2

Qualifier Martina Trevisan defeated Maria Sakkari (20) 1-6 7-6(6) 6-3

Kiki Bertens (5) defeated Katerina Siniakova 6-2 6-2

Elina Svitolina (3) defeated Ekaterina Alexandrova (27) 6-4 7-5

Caroline Garcia defeated Elise Mertens (16) 1-6 6-4 7-5

Qualifier Nadia Podoroska defeated Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 6-3 6-2

Barbora Krejcikova defeated wildcard Tsvetana Pironkova 5-7 6-4 6-3

Round of sixteen match ups 

Simona Halep (1) v Iga Swiatek 

Qualifier Martina Trevisan v Kiki Bertens (5)

Elina Svitolina (3) v Caroline Garcia 

Qualifier Nadia Podoroska v Barbora Krejcikova