Avanesyan on the road to the quarterfinals
On Monday in the round of 16 Paolini will find the Russian Elina Avanesyan on the other side of the net, n.70 in the ranking, who confirmed last year’s placing by eliminating the Australian Open finalist, the Chinese Zheng Qinwen, n.8 in the ranking and 7 in the seeding, by 36 63 76 (10-6), after almost three hours of fighting: There are no precedents between Jasmine and the 21-year-old from Pyatigorsk.
In Paris the tennis player coached by Renzo Furlan after her victorious debut against the Australian Saville (née Gavrilova), n.84 WTA, defeated for the first time in three matches, defeated not without problems the American Baptiste, n.107 in the ranking, brought back into the scoreboard as a lucky loser: therefore the success over Andreescu, n.228 WTA, (reached up to n.4 in 2019), competing with the protected ranking. Thanks to the points gained so far Paoli virtually climbs back to 14th position.
“Jas” – protagonist of the best season in his career “enlightened” by the first 1000 trophy won in Dubai and the first eighth Slam achieved at the Australian Open (to limit ourselves to the results in singles) – faces his eighth Roland Garros, the sixth in main draw. Until now the Tuscan tennis player had never advanced beyond the second round in Paris.
