Paraguay’s Verónica Cepede Royg Reaches Fourth Round at French Open

Verónica Cepede Royg continues her Cinderella run at the French Open

The 25-year-old Paraguayan tennis player beat Colombia’s Mariana Duque Marino 3-6, 7-6 (7-2) and 6-3 in the third round in a two-hour 28-minute match at Roland Garros.

Verónica Cepede Royg

Cepede Royg will next play current world number 2 Karolina Pliskova in the fourth round.

It will be an unprecedented and historic round for Paraguayan women’s tennis, because never before has a professional tennis player reached the second week in a Grand Slam or Roland Garros.

In 2002, Rossana de los Ríos made history, when she managed to reach the fourth round. Now Cepede Royg has joined her in te, as she prepares to enter Week Two of the tournament.

It’s the best Grand Slam performance for Cepede Royg, who is currently ranked No. 95 in the world.

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