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·Slam·ClayMagda Linette defeated Tereza Valentova 5-7, 6-4, 7(11)-6(9) — French Open 2026 R128.
Tereza Valentova and Magda Linette: Magda Linette leads 1–0 across 1 recorded meeting.
Magda Linette lost the opening set 7-5 and still found a way through, converting 7 of her 11 break points (64%) to Tereza Valentova's 7-of-17 (41%) — the return efficiency that decided a match split evenly at 17 games apiece. The flip came on serve under pressure: Linette saved 10 of 17 break points (59%) against Valentova's 36%, then held off two set points to close the third-set tiebreak 11-9. In a first career meeting on clay, the margins were razor-thin — 124 points to 112 — but Linette took the ones that mattered.