Pliskova, Svitolina reach 4th round of French Open

Paris June 4 (IANS) Czech second seed Karolina Pliskova and Ukrainian fifth seed Elina Svitolina advanced to the women s singles fourth round of the French Open tennis championships after defeating Germany s Carina Witthoeft and Poland s Magda Linette here on Sunday.

World No.3 Pliskova joins this round in Paris for the first time after winning 7-5 6-1 over Witthoeft in an hour and 28 minutes in the match that could not be played Saturday because of the rain reports Efe.

For the third year in a row Svitolina marched toward the fourth round of the tennis tournament defeating Linette 6-4 7-5 in an hour and 28 minutes.

The 22-year-old winner of the Taipei Dubai Istanbul and Rome tournaments will play the next round against Croatian Petra Martic who defeated Latvian Anastasija Sevastova 6-1 6-1.

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