Ivanovic loses; Bacsinszky storms into last-16

Svitolina was in control almost throughout, her power too much for an opponent whose tennis was simply too wayward. After slopping 4-1 down in the second set Ivanovic rallied briefly to get it back to 4-4, but Svitolina dug in once more to secure a spot in the last-16.

Later, Swizterland’s eighth seed Timea Bacsinszky crushed the hopes of local favourite Pauline Parmentier. Parmentier, 30, threw everything into a hard-fought opening set, breaking her opponent twice thanks to some fine returning, but losing her own serve three times. Bacisinszky upped her game on serve in the second set and never looked threatend again. She will play Venus Williams or Alize Cornet in the last 16. 

The prolific Indo-Swiss pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis put on a stupendous display of tennis to blow away Japanese duo of Nao Hibino and Eri Hozumi in straight sets 6-2, 6-0 in the second round of the women’s doubles in the French Open here on Friday. The duo raced to a 4-1 lead in no time, leaving the rival team no choice but to play catch up in the opener. The Japanese pair then grabbed a game but failed to upset their rhythm and they finally pocketed the match with a 6-2, 6-0 scoreline. 

Earlier, India’s top men’s doubles stars Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna won their respective second-round matches. Bopanna and Florin Mergea won their second-round match, beating French pair Gregoire Barrere and Quentin Halys 6-3, 6-4 while Paes and Marcin Matkowski later produced another dominating performance to earn a 6-4, 6-3 victory.