Roland-Garros: Jabeur edges past tenacious Fernandez to reach last 16
Ons Jabeur beat Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 7-6 (5) on Friday afternoon and will face Dane Clara Tauson in the next round
Ons Jabeur – Michael Baucher / Panoramic
Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 8 seed, defeated Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 31 seed, 6-4, 7-6 (5) to advance to the last 16 of Roland-Garros in Paris.
Jabeur, ranked No 9, will face Dane Clara Tauson next.
Ahead of her victory, the Tunisian won against American wildcard Sachia Vickery (6-3, 6-2) and Colombian Camila Osorio (6-3, 1-6, 6-3).
Fernandez, ranked No 34, won against French wildcard Jessika Ponchet (6-2, 6-0) and Chinese Xiyu Wang (6-3, 6-4) in the previous rounds.
Paris (Grand Slam), other third-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53.478.000, most recent results first):
- Madison Keys vs. Emma Navarro
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Peyton Stearns
- Paula Badosa vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Elina Svitolina vs. Ana Bogdan
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Elise Mertens vs. Elena Rybakina
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Iga Swiatek vs. Marie Bouzkova: friday
- Clara Tauson beat Sofia Kenin: 6-2, 7-5
- Marketa Vondrousova (5) beat Chloe Paquet (WC): 6-1, 6-3
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Xinyu Wang: friday
- Coco Gauff (3) beat Dayana Yastremska (30): 6-2, 6-4
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Liudmila Samsonova (17): 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Olga Danilovic (Q) beat Donna Vekic: 0-6, 7-5, 7-6 (8)
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