Updates from the sixth day’s play at Roland Garros
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Rublev raises two break points but Borges saves them well, allowing his impetuous opponent to overhit; he leads 5-4 in the first. Similarly, Golubic also burns a break point by going long, but already it’s clear that if Kostyuk plays well, she wins whatever her opponent does; the question is whether she can hit consistently enough, because she’s by far the more powerful and talented player. She holds for 4-3, while Rublev is struggling, Borges outmanoeuvring him around the court, but his serve gets him out of trouble at 0-30, to level at 5-5.
On Lenglen, Borges and Rublev are level at 4-4; Golubic has just been broken back to love by Kostyuk for 3-3, this the first time she’s lost this many games in a set at this tournament; Tirante, the fastest server in the world, leads Carreno Busta 3-2 on serve; and Starodubtseva, conqueror of Rybakina, leads Wang 3-2 with a break.
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