Romanian tennis player Jaqueline Cristian qualified, on Wednesday evening, for the third round of the Grand Slam tournament at Roland Garros, where she will meet Polish Iga Swiatek, the defending champion.

Jaqueline Cristian (26 years old, WTA’s 60th), finalist on Saturday at the WTA 250 tournament in Rabat, defeated Czech Sara Bejlek (19 years old, WTA˛s 188th) in the second round in Paris, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.

The Romanian, who reached the third round at the French Open for the first time, equaled her best result at a Grand Slam tournament, set in January, at the Australian Open.

Jaqueline Cristian lost the first set to Bejlek, but recovered and dominated the following ones, sealing her victory after two hours of playing (1 h 57 min).

Jaqueline Cristian won a cheque of 158,000 euros and 130 WTA points for reaching this far in the competition, and this will be her first meeting with Swiatek (23 years old, WTA’s 5th), four-time champion at Roland Garros (2020, 2022, 2023, 2024).

AGERPRES