Roland-Garros: Alexandrova moves into third round, plays Haddad Maia next

Ekaterina Alexandrova defeated Anna-Lena Friedsam 6-2, 6-0 on Thursday. She’ll face Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 14 seed, in the next round

Ekaterina Alexandrova at the 2022 Ostrava Open Ekaterina Alexandrova at the 2022 Ostrava Open Image Credit: AI/Reuters/Panoramic
French Open 2023 Women's Singles •Second round • completed
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Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 23 seed, defeated German Anna-Lena Friedsam 6-2, 6-0 to advance to the third round of Roland-Garros at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Thursday.

Alexandrova, ranked No 23, will play Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 14 seed, next.

In the previous round of the French Open, the Russian won against Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova (6-1, 2-6, 6-1).

Friedsam, ranked No 91, edged out Japanese lucky loser Nao Hibino (6-3, 3-6, 6-4) in the previous round of the French Open.

Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000, most recent results first):

  • Lauren Davis vs. Lesia Tsurenko
  • Bianca Andreescu vs. Emma Navarro
  • Oceane Dodin vs. Ons Jabeur
  • Jasmine Paolini vs. Olga Danilovic
  • Julia Grabher vs. Coco Gauff
  • Iga Swiatek vs. Claire Liu: thursday
  • Bernarda Pera beat Donna Vekic (22): 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
  • Mirra Andreeva (Q) beat Diane Parry (WC): 6-1, 6-2
  • Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Simona Waltert (Q): 6-2, 6-3
  • Xinyu Wang beat Rebecca Peterson: 7-6 (5), 6-2
  • Beatriz Haddad Maia beat Diana Shnaider: 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
  • Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Petra Martic: 6-4, 6-1
  • Elena Rybakina (4) beat Linda Noskova: 6-3, 6-3
  • Kayla Day (Q) beat Madison Keys (20): 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
  • Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Aliona Bolsova (LL): 6-3, 6-4
  • Elina Avanesyan (LL) beat Leolia Jeanjean (WC): 6-0, 7-5
  • Kamilla Rakhimova beat Magdalena Frech: 6-3, 6-4
  • Clara Tauson (Q) beat Leylah Fernandez: 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
  • Irina-Camelia Begu (27) beat Sara Errani: 6-3, 6-0
  • Sloane Stephens beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-2, 6-1
  • Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Iryna Shymanovich (Q): 7-5, 6-2
  • Karolina Muchova beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-3, 0-6, 6-3
  • Yulia Putintseva beat Qinwen Zheng (19): 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
  • Daria Kasatkina (9) beat Marketa Vondrousova: 6-3, 6-4
  • Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Liudmila Samsonova (15): 4-6, 7-5, 7-5
  • Anna Blinkova beat Caroline Garcia (5): 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
  • Anastasia Potapova (24) beat Mayar Sherif: 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
  • Jessica Pegula (3) beat Camila Giorgi: 6-2 ret.
  • Peyton Stearns beat Jelena Ostapenko (17): 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
  • Elina Svitolina beat Storm Hunter (Q): 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
  • Elise Mertens (28) beat Camila Osorio (LL): 6-3, 7-6 (3)

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