- Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko beat Australian Samantha Stosur 2-6 6-2 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals of a grand slam for the first time.
She might lead the tournament in terms of double faults, having served 40 of them since it started - 16 yesterday. Even though she won on Sunday, she kept adding to that total. She broke down in tears during her post-match speech to the crowd, which regaled her with chants of her nickname, "Kiki!"
24-year-old Mladenovic was clearly excited following her win over the reigning champion and thanked the crowd at Roland Garros for cheering her on to glory. She then joked: "I made about 35 double faults today, but everything's OK". "But I will try". Second seed Karolina Pliskova was the most notable victor, while Elina Svitolina, Petra Martic and Veronica Cepede Royg also progressed to the last 16.
The fourth-seeded Spaniard secured victory on his third match point when he pushed Bautista Agut to the back of the court with a big forehand that his countryman could only pat back into the net at full stretch.
"It's not ideal, there are little problems but I fight as I can". I think for the tournament, for the crowd, for us.
58 - Novak Djokovic claimed his 58th Roland Garros match win today to tie Guillermo Vilas in third place on the all-time list of victories at the French Open.
Champions Trophy: 'South Africa were unrecognisable against India,' says Graeme Smith
Defending champions faced off against world no.1 team South Africa in a Group B clash, and the victor would progress to the semis. Smith opened up on his team's form and current performance and said the Proteas missed the spark in the prestigious tournament.
This was a loss that will sting, and the Spaniard will hope to regroup in time for Wimbledon, where she reached the final in 2015. While the field among the women singles contenders remains open for a player to step up and win her first ever Grand Slam title, Mladenovic has steadily risen as a serious contender.
Mixing her powerful game with sliced backhands to slow down Muguruza, Mladenovic was in the driving seat after pocketing the first set.
Muguruza's sharp movement and strong serve are well suited to Roland Garros, and she is bound to test Mladenovic, whose struggles with a back injury may be significant.
But Muguruza was also nervous.
Mladenovic said: "It's a tough draw, but I think it's also tough for her". "I obviously was a little bit nervous.So it's true that I couldn't really find my game, but I don't think I did really something wrong out there". The 14-time Major victor is yet to drop a set, conceding just six games in the last two rounds, and he looks in formidable form in his quest to become the first player to win a single Major 10 times.
Mladenovic defended her support, saying: "I lost a final in Stuttgart against Laura Siegemund, a German player, and I thought the crowd was extremely tough there".
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