Tough day for New Zealanders at Roland Garros
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A tough day for New Zealand players at Roland Garros 2026 with two doubles losses.
As fifth seeds Erin Routliffe and Latvian Jelena Stapenko were beaten by Japan's Shuko Aoyama and Liang En-shuo from Chinese Taipei 5-7, 4-6 in women's doubles second round. in one hour 48 minutes.
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Meanwhile Michael Venus and Yuki Bhambri (India) lost their second round match to the fifth seeded Italian pair of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassor 3-6, 4-6 in one hour 20 minutes.
Venus who is returning from injury should have his rankinjg move up one place to 47.
Earlier Routliffe defeated the second seeds in the Roland-Garros mixed doubles tournament.
Teaming with Sweden's Andre Goransson, they accounted for Louisa Stefani (Brazil) and El Salvador's Marcelo Arevalo in a deciding tie break 6-3. 3-6. 10-7
They face the French wildcard team of Léolia Jeanjean and Geoffrey Blancaneaux in the second round.
Routliffe is expected to climb three places to No 11 in the WTA doubles rankings.
