On Day 4, 2017 US Men's Clay Court Championship champion Steve Johnson advanced to Round 3 after defeating #NextGenATP finals contender Borna Coric. Steve, who recently lost his father, was overcome with emotion and burst in tears following his victory. He will face ATP No. 7 Dominic Thiem next.
Men’s Singles (Round 2)
Steve Johnson (VCORE SV 98) (USA) [26]
6-2, 7-6(8), 3-6, 7-6(6)
Borna Coric (CRO)
Women’s Singles (Round 2)
Shelby Rogers (USA)
7-6(6), 6-4
Cagla Buyukakcay (EZONE DR 100) (TUR)
In Men’s Doubles, Australian pair Kyrgios/Thompson overcame French pair Herbert/Mahut in a three-set match, while 2016 Roland Garros Mixed Doubles champion Leander Paes and his partner Scott Lipsky beat #NextGenATP star Hyeon Chung and 2016 Poznan Open champion Radu Albot.
Men’s Doubles (Round 1)
Nick Kyrgios (EZONE DR 98, POLYTOUR PRO 120) (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS)
7-6(8), 4-6, 6-3
Pierre-Hugues Herbert (VCORE Duel G 97, POLYTOUR FIRE 125) (FRA)/Nicolas Mahut (FRA) [2]
Leander Paes (VCORE Duel G 100, POLYTOUR PRO 125, POWER CUSHION ECLIPSION, Yonex wear) (IND)/Scott Lipsky (USA)
7-6(5), 4-6, 6-2
Hyeon Chung (VCORE Duel G 97) (KOR)/Radu Albot (VCORE SV 98, POWER CUSHION ECLIPSION, Yonex wear) (MDA)
Purav Raja (IND)/Divij Sharan (IND)
6-7(5), 6-4, 6-0
Steve Johnson (VCORE SV 98) (USA)/Nicolás Almagro (ESP)
Daria Gavrilova, Yanina Wickmayer, Nao Hibino, Andrea Hlavackova, and Darija Jurak earned the victory in Women’s Doubles, progressing to Round 2.
Women’s Doubles (Round 1)
Daria Gavrilova (EZONE DR 100) (AUS)/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)
7-6(5), 1-6, 6-2
Sania Mirza (IND)/Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) [4]
Yanina Wickmayer (VCORE SV 100) (BEL)/Pauline Parmentier (FRA)
6-2, 6-2
Audrey Albie (FRA)/Harmony Tan (FRA)
Nao Hibino (VCORE SV 100, POWER CUSHION ECLIPSION L, POLYTOUR FIRE 120) (JPN)/Alicja Rosolska (POL)
0-6, 7-6(3), 7-6(10)
Jelena Jankovic (SRB)/CoCo Vandeweghe (EZONE DR 98) (USA)
Timea Babos (HUN)/Andrea Hlavackova (VCORE SV 100, POLYTOUR PRO 125) (CZE) [5]
6-3, 6-0
Tessah Andrianjafitrimo (FRA)/Amandine Hesse (FRA)
Darija Jurak (EZONE DR 100) (CRO)/Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) [17]
6-2, 2-6, 6-4
Mona Barthel (GER)/Carina Witthoeft (GER)
Hao-Ching Chan (TPE)/Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) [12]
6-1, 6-1
Annika Beck (VCORE SV 100, POLYTOUR PRO 125) (GER)/Renata Voracova (VCORE SV 100, POWER CUSHION FUSIONREV2) (CZE)
Andreja Klepac (SLO)/María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP) [15]
6-7(2), 6-2, 4-1 Ret.
Donna Vekic (VCORE SV 100) (CRO)/Sorana Cirstea (ROU)
Ying-Ying Duan (CHN)/Shuai Peng (CHN)
6-1, 7-5
Evgenia Rodina (EZONE DR 98) (RUS)/Varvara Lepchenko (VCORE SV 100) (USA)
Raluca Olaru (ROU)/Olga Savchuk (UKR)
7-5, 7-5
Anastasija Sevastova (EZONE DR 98, POLYTOUR PRO 125, POWER CUSHION ECLIPSION, Yonex wear) (LAT)/Mandy Minella (LUX)
Tournament official website: http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/index.html