Roland Garros 2020: good start in Doubles

01/10/2020 – After the one-sided opening set the second act was tighter, but without fearing for the victory.

ROLAND GARROS 2020 (GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT, 35 025 914 EURO, CLAY), WOMEN’S DOUBLES, ROUND 1

Tímea Babos, Kristina Mladenovic (Hungarian, French, 2)-Anna Kalinskaya, Yulia Putintseva (Russian, Kazakh) 6:0, 6:4

The match lasted 56 minutes in Paris.

In the 17-minute first set Timi and Kiki served and received very well. The Hungarian-French pair lost a total of 6 rallies (3 + 3). The opponent could not won at least 3 rallies in a game.

The second set was much tighter. Timi played well, but Kristina Mladenovic lost her service game twice. But they always had answers for this periods. After 4:4, Timi and Kiki lost only two rallies.

The next opponent will be Kaythlin Christian and Giuliana Olmos. At The US Open Timi and Kiki won 6:2, 6:2.

Christian (born: 13 January 1992) is 64th at the World Rankings, has a career best position of 38th (25 February 2019). So far, she has won 12 ITFs.

Olmos (born: 4 March 1993) is 67th at the World Rankings, her career high position was 65th (30 September 2019). The Mexican player has won 2 WTA Tour and 10 ITFs in Doubles.