Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - May 25, 2022 Greece's Maria Sakkari reacts during her second round match against Czech Republic's Karolina Muchova REUTERS/Yves Herman
PARIS (Reuters) -Another obstacle in top seed Iga Swiatek's path to a second French Open title was removed on Wednesday as fourth seed Maria Sakkari was knocked out 7-6(5) 7-6(4) by Czech Karolina Muchova in the second round at Roland Garros.
Sakkari, a semi-finalist in Paris last year, never found her groove on Court Suzanne Lenglen as her opponent, who reached the Australian Open semi-finals last year, set up a meeting with American Amanda Anisimova.
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