Ajla Tomljanovic and Alexei Popyrin will hope to construct on their opening-round victories on Day 4 of Roland Garros 2025.
Paris, France, 28 Could 2025 | Jackson Mansell
Ajla Tomljanovic and Alexei Popyrin will contest second-round matches on Day 4 of Roland Garros 2025.
After securing first-round victories, the pair will search to proceed flying the Australian flag into the third spherical.
Tomljanovic opens play on Courtroom Philippe Chatrier in opposition to world No.4 Jasmine Paolini.
The 32-year-old redeemed herself in opposition to Maya Joint within the opening spherical after retiring in opposition to the guy Australian within the semifinals in Rabat, Morocco, on Friday. Tomljanovic defeated Joint 6-1 6-3 to win her first match on the claycourt main in three years.
> READ: Tomljanovic cruises into Roland Garros 2025 second spherical
“I’m actually happy with the best way I performed. I put lots of thought into how I wished to come back out at the moment with the changes I wished to do from Rabat,” Tomljanovic stated.
“I simply felt like I needed to be the aggressor. In Rabat, I felt like I got here out a bit sluggish and [Maya] bossed me across the courtroom, and I felt like I needs to be the one doing that.”
The world No.71 might want to carry that type into her encounter in opposition to Paolini, the latest champion of the WTA 1000 event in Rome and a finalist at Roland Garros final 12 months. The Italian has received her final seven matches.
Alexei Popyrin enters his second-round match after recording his first victory at Roland Garros in six years.
The 25-year-old was convincing in his opening match in opposition to Yoshihito Nishioka, profitable the primary two units 7-5 6-4 earlier than the Japanese No.2 retired with a again harm within the third set.
Popyrin hopes to succeed in the third spherical on the event for the primary time when he takes on Alejandro Tabilo.
In doubles motion, Joint and Kimberly Birrell open their respective accounts.
Joint seeks to proceed her tandem success with Georgian Oksana Kalashnikova, after the pair received the Rabat 250 title on Saturday.
> MORE: Joint’s rating soars in singles and doubles
You possibly can watch the Roland Garros 2025 motion stay in Australia on the 9 Community and Stan Sport from 7pm AEST.
AUSSIES IN ACTION
COMING UP – ROLAND GARROS DAY 4
Girls’s singles, second spherical
Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) v [4] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) – first match, Courtroom Philippe Chatrier (from 8pm AEST)
Males’s singles, second spherical
[25] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) – first match, Courtroom 6 (from 7pm AEST)
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