Roland-Garros: Muchova streak continues, beats Begu to book spot in last 16

Czech Karolina Muchova advanced to the last 16 of Roland-Garros by beating Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 27 seed, 6-3, 6-2 in Paris on Friday.

Muchova, ranked No 43, will play Russian lucky loser Elina Avanesyan next.

The Czech won against Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 8 seed (7-6 (5), 7-5) and Argentinian Nadia Podoroska (6-3, 0-6, 6-3) ahead of her victory.

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Earlier in the tournament, Begu, ranked No 27, defeated Hungarian Anna Bondar (6-4, 6-2) and Italian Sara Errani (6-3, 6-0).

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

• Olga Danilovic vs. Ons Jabeur
• Iga Swiatek vs. Xinyu Wang
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Bernarda Pera
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Kayla Day
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Coco Gauff
• Elena Rybakina vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Sloane Stephens beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
• Elina Avanesyan beat Clara Tauson (Q): 3-6, 6-1, 7-5
• Elina Svitolina beat Anna Blinkova: 2-6, 6-2, 7-5
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-2, 6-2
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Anastasia Potapova (24): 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
• Elise Mertens (28) beat Jessica Pegula (3): 6-1, 6-3
• Daria Kasatkina (9) beat Peyton Stearns: 6-0, 6-1